Hoshiarpur - General Observer 2003 Batch Tamil Nadu Cadre IAS Officer Dr R Anand Kumar and Expenditure Observer 2008 Batch IRS (C&CE) Officer Pawan Kumar Khaitan appointed for Lok Sabha Hoshiarpur by the Election Commission of India today. Conducted a surprise inspection of the Control Room, Media Monitoring Cell and Web Casting Cell along with Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal.
Meanwhile, he got information about the working system of control room, media monitoring cell and web casting cell and instructed that all the cells should work promptly. He visited the media monitoring cell and instructed that as per the instructions of the Election Commission, close monitoring of print media, electronic media and social media should be ensured for 24 hours, so that appropriate action is taken against telecasting of paid news and advertisements without approval. can He said that pre-certification is necessary for candidates to telecast advertisements on electronic media and social media.
District Election Officer Komal Mittal said that an application can be made to the district level MCMC for approval three days before the advertisement is telecast and the MCMC will issue the certificate within 48 hours. He said that apart from bulk SMS, voice message, it is necessary for the candidate to get pre-certificate for radio and cinema hall. He said that one can contact Room No. 312-A, 3rd Floor, District Administrative Complex to get permission to telecast the advertisement. He said that district level MCMC is also keeping an eye on social media. He said that according to the instructions of the Election Commission of India, prior approval should be obtained from the District Level Media Certification and Media Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to publish any political advertisement in the print media on the day of the polls and one day before the polls. It is necessary and only after approval, the advertisement can be published in the print media. On this occasion, District Public Relations Officer Hardev Singh Asi, Tehsildar Elections Sarabjit Singh, MCMC Member Sanjeev Kumar Bakshi, District Sweep Nodal Officer Preet Kohli, District System Manager Charan Kanwal Singh, Assistant Public Relations Officer Lokesh Kumar, Mangesh Sood. , Electoral Officer Deepak Kumar, Aditya Rana and other officials were also present.