CHANDIGARH:There seems to be more trouble for Parkash Singh Badal led government, as the opposition Congress and People's Party of Punjab have asked the Election Commission to take action against an advertisement reportedly released by the SAD-BJP combine government in newspapers highlighting state government's one of initiatives in health sector. The ad asking "vote for performance", avers that the government did what others (Congress) did not even think of.
Besides newspapers, the advertisement was also released on news channels. The Congress and PPP peeved with the ad said that it was a clear violation of the model code of conduct.
Earlier, following the directive of the election, the pictures of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on ambulances, bicycles gifted to school girls, ration cards and bags of foodgrain given to the beneficiaries of subsidized atta and dal (wheat flour and pulses) which helped the SAD to get great deal of publicity across the state were removed after the announcement of polls in the state in December.
Besides this, the issue pertaining to functioning of Election Commission officials in Punjab has also generated Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had shot off a letter to the Chief Election commissioner (CEC) SY Quraishi asking him to ask his officials in Punjab not to overstep their mandate and should act within the defined parameters.
The Chief Election commissioner (CEC) SY Quraishi had retorted to Chief Minister by responding in his detailed strong worded letter stating that that the Commission operates within diligent awareness of its constitutional mandate and recognizes with the greatest respect the operational boundaries between various Constitutional bodies. If there have been any deviations in our work, we would be grateful if you bring specific cases to our notice.
The additional chief electoral officer (CEO) of Punjab, Raj Kamal Chaudhary, said the matter had been sent to the media monitoring panel for examining the said advertisement.
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