Ban political ads in digital, print media 48 hours before elections: EC

The move comes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which EC is bringing in new strategies to conduct fair polls

In order to ensure fair and unbiased elections, The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday asked Law Ministry of India to ban all sorts of electoral campaign and advertisements 48 hours before voting commences, according to media reports.

To bring in the change, Section 126 of the Representation of People Act would have to be amended. The Act currently bans only electronic media from airing political advertisements in the aforementioned 'silent period' during elections. 

 

EC wants the ban to be enforced on