http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031154800100.htm
Front Page EC slaps notices on Congress, Saakshi TV Special Correspondent For telecast of ad depicting alleged back-stabbing of NTR by Naidu HYDERABAD: The Election Commission cracked the whip on the Congress party and Saakshi TV channel for telecasting an advertisement depicting the alleged back-stabbing of NTR by his son-in-law and Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu. The State-level three-member screening committee, formed by the Commission to scrutinise and issue certification to advertisements of political parties, served notices to both of them. The ad graphically tried to project Mr. Naidu who politically backstabbed NTR and, once in the saddle, began worshipping him. After ascertaining the facts from additional chief electoral officer Harpreeth Singh, who heads the committee, Chief Electoral Officer I. V. Subba Rao ordered booking of a case against the Congress party and the private channel. He said the ad was “unauthorised”. Mr. Singh said the committee had cleared 31 out of the 33 advertisement video skits submitted by political parties for use during their campaign. Of them, 18 belonged to the Congress, and five each to the Telugu Desam, Praja Rajyam and Lok Satta. Following complaints, the CEO asked the AP Housing Development Corporation officials to stop construction of new houses if the beneficiaries were identified after March 2 when the model code came into force. There was no bar on regular promotions effected through departmental promotion committees, he clarified. No violation Mr. Subba Rao said Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s criticism of the Telugu Desam Party’s manifesto during his press conference in the Secretariat premises last week did not appear to be a violation of the election code. ------------------------------------ -- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE Share media news, discuss journalism issues and network with media professionals across South Asia on this mailing list. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
