LS Polls 2024: Election Commission asks AAP to modify its Lok Sabha election campaign song| Oneindia

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On April 28, the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to revise the content of its Lok Sabha campaign song to adhere to the Advertising Codes outlined in the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994, and ECI guidelines. The AAP was requested to make necessary modifications to the song and resubmit it for certification. “The phrase “jail ke jawaab me hum vote denge” showing an aggressive mob holding the photo of Arvind Kejriwal showing him behind bars, casts aspersions on the Judiciary. Further, the said phrase appears several times in the advertisement which contravenes the provisions of ECI Guidelines and Rule 6(1(g) of Programme and Advertising Codes prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994” (DISPLAY) said ECI.    #LSPolls2024 #ElectionCommission #AAP #CampaignSong #ArvindKejriwal #Arrest #ECGuidelines #ModelCodeOfConduct #PoliticalCampaign #SongModification                 ~PR.152~ED.101~GR.125~HT.96~

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00:00On April 28, the Election Commission of India directed the Aam Aadmi Party to revise the

00:07content of its Lok Sabha campaign song to adhere to the advertising codes outlined in

00:13the Cable Television Network Rules 1994 and ECI guidelines.

00:19The AAP was requested to make necessary modifications to the song and resubmitted for certification.

00:26The phrase, Jail ke jawaab mein hum vote denge, shows an aggressive mob holding the photo

00:32of Arvind Kejriwal showing him behind bars, casts apportions on the judiciary.

00:37Further, the said phrase appears several times in the advertisement, which contravenes the

00:42provisions of ECI guidelines and Rules 6.1g of Programme and Advertising Codes prescribed

00:48under the Cable Television Network Rules 1994, said the ECI.

00:54Senior AAP leader Ateshi addressing a press conference expressed that the Election Commission's

00:59decision to impose a ban on the party's campaign song is unprecedented.

01:03According to her, the EC cited the portrayal of the ruling party and investigation agencies

01:08in a negative light as the reason for the ban.

01:11However, she emphasised that the song does not mention the BJP and does not violate the

01:16Model Code of Conduct as it includes factual videos and incidents.

01:21Ateshi, who also serves as the Delhi government minister, criticised the EC for allegedly

01:27not taking action on poll code violations by the BJP.

01:31If the BJP does dictatorship, it is right.

01:34But if someone talks about it, that is wrong.

01:37This shows that democracy is in danger.

01:39I want to urge the EC to act on the violations committed by the BJP and not stop campaigns

01:45of opposition parties, she said.

01:47The AAP's over-two-minute campaign song has been penned and sung by AAP MLA Dilip Pandey.

01:53The song was released at the party headquarters in New Delhi on April 25.

01:57AAP has centred its election campaign around Kejriwal's arrest, encouraging people to vote

02:02for the party as a response to the Chief Minister's arrest.

02:05Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged irregularities in

02:11the 2021-22 excise policy.

02:14The Indian Government has arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for alleged irregularities

02:22after the Lok Sabha election announcement.

02:27Arvind Kejriwal was arrested for not being able to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections.

02:35This happens only in the Tana-Shahi governments, where opposition leaders are put in jail.

02:42In the Tana-Shahi governments, the opposition parties are stopped from campaigning.

02:53And this has happened today.

02:57Another political weapon of the Indian People's Party, the Election Commission of India,

03:04has banned AAP's campaign song through this letter.

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