Lok Sabha elections 2019: EC stalls release of Modi biopic, lens on NaMo TV

The EC order came in response to complaints that Opposition parties had filed, and a day before the scheduled release of the biopic on Modi and the first phase of polling to 91 Lok Sabha seats

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday banned the screening of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as also two other movies with political content, during the election period. The EC has put a watch on the telecast of NaMo TV as well. 

The EC said it had received specific complaints against the biopic ‘PM Narendra Modi’, ‘Udyama Simham’, based on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s life and ‘NTR Laxmi’ on the life of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N T Rama Rao. However, the order covers all other such movies, content on television and internet. 

The EC has