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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 So as to guarantee reasonable and fair decisions, The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday solicited Law Ministry from India to boycott a wide range of discretionary crusade and promotions 48 hours before casting a ballot begins, as indicated by media reports. To acquire the change, Section 126 of the Representation of People Act would need to be altered. The Act presently  bans  just electronic media from airing political commercials in the previously mentioned ‘quiet period’ amid races. “Incorporation of print media inside the ambit of segment 126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 and issue of web based campaigning to advance or preference the appointive prospects of a gathering/competitor via web-based networking media amid the most recent 48 hours ...

TMC’s ‘united India rally’ will sound BJP’s death knell in LS polls: Mamata Regional parties would be the deciding factor in the Lok Sabha polls, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee With an eye on Delhi, the  Trinamool Congress  (TMC) is altogether prepared for Saturday’s “united opposition rally”, which party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister  Mamata Banerjee  said would sound the “death knell” for the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha surveys. Pioneers of more than 20 resistance parties are relied upon to go to the rally at the notable Brigade Parade Ground here on Saturday to pledge to set up a unified battle against the “misrule” of the saffron party. The TMC plans to utilize the rally as a stage to prop Banerjee as a pioneer who can “bring different gatherings” and test the decision  Bharatiya Janata Party  (BJP) after the general race. Banerjee, the cerebrum behind the uber restriction rally, on Thursday said the provincial...