THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Any lapse from the part of candidates, in putting out commercials relating to their prison information will result in a breach of courtroom order and the election of such candidates might be challenged, chief electoral officer Teeka Ram Meena said.
The prison information should be marketed in 3 newspapers and three tv channels that experience vast publicity within the specific parliamentary constituency, the place the candidate has been fielded. The commercials should be printed in minimal of 12-point font dimension, so that they grab the readers’ consideration.
The commercials being telecast within the tv channels should last no less than seven seconds, and should be aired between 8am and 10pm. The publishing might be both in Malayalam or in English. The prison information should be printed in newspapers on or ahead of April 21 and within the tv channels, they should be telecast ahead of 6pm on April 21.
The expenditure for publishing the prison instances via candidates will be counted against the candidate’s election expenses, while the ones via political parties will be counted against the birthday celebration’s election expenses. A candidate can handiest spend a most of Rs 70 lakh as election expenses.
In an order, the Supreme Court had said that every one political parties and candidates should submit prison information against their birthday celebration candidates during the newspapers and electronic media.
In a judgement via a five-member bench of the courtroom led via chief justice Dipak Mishra on September 25 last 12 months, the courtroom had said: “The candidate as well as the concerned political birthday celebration shall issue within the extensively circulated newspapers within the locality in regards to the antecedents of the candidate and also give vast publicity within the electronic media. When we are saying vast publicity, we imply that the similar will likely be accomplished no less than thrice after filing the nomination papers.”
The prison information should be marketed in 3 newspapers and three tv channels that experience vast publicity within the specific parliamentary constituency, the place the candidate has been fielded. The commercials should be printed in minimal of 12-point font dimension, so that they grab the readers’ consideration.
The commercials being telecast within the tv channels should last no less than seven seconds, and should be aired between 8am and 10pm. The publishing might be both in Malayalam or in English. The prison information should be printed in newspapers on or ahead of April 21 and within the tv channels, they should be telecast ahead of 6pm on April 21.
The expenditure for publishing the prison instances via candidates will be counted against the candidate’s election expenses, while the ones via political parties will be counted against the birthday celebration’s election expenses. A candidate can handiest spend a most of Rs 70 lakh as election expenses.
In an order, the Supreme Court had said that every one political parties and candidates should submit prison information against their birthday celebration candidates during the newspapers and electronic media.
In a judgement via a five-member bench of the courtroom led via chief justice Dipak Mishra on September 25 last 12 months, the courtroom had said: “The candidate as well as the concerned political birthday celebration shall issue within the extensively circulated newspapers within the locality in regards to the antecedents of the candidate and also give vast publicity within the electronic media. When we are saying vast publicity, we imply that the similar will likely be accomplished no less than thrice after filing the nomination papers.”
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