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NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government on Tuesday said Election Commission‘s notice against its advertisements in poll-bound Telangana is not as per law. Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar said the advertisements do not ask for votes but only mention the welfare measures undertaken by his government.
“We have not committed any violation. The Karnataka government has not asked anyone for votes.What violation have we committed?,” Shivakumar said when asked about the EC’s notice.
“We have not asked for votes. We have given advertisements about the work we have done in Karnataka amid claims by opposition parties that it did not implement any of its ‘guarantee schemes’ as there are a lot of Telugu-speaking people and other language speaking people in Telangana also,” Shivakumar said.
“The ads were a counter to the opposition’s claims about the Karnataka government. They (opposition parties) were trying to propagate that we have not implemented (guarantee schemes) — we have just said it (about implementation of guarantees in the ads), we have not asked for any votes,” he said.
“There will be so many magazines or publications covering lots of issues. They (other governments) also will give a lot of other advertisements. We are projecting ourselves (Karnataka govt), we are not projecting the Congress party — we will definitely reply (to EC),” the Karnataka deputy chief minister said.
The Election Commission had on Monday issued notice to the Karnataka government for publishing advertisements about welfare schemes and achievements in several newspapers in poll-bound Telangana and said it was a violation of Model Code of Conduct.
In its notice, the ECI said it has been brought to the notice of the Commission by the BJP vide their representation dated November 27 and by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) vide their representation dated November 25 that the Karnataka government has published advertisements of various welfare schemes and achievements in Telangana on November 24 to 27 in the Hyderabad edition of several newspapers.
The poll body asked the Karnataka government to explain why its instruction of getting all advertisements issued by non-poll-going state governments in poll-bound states during the Model Code of Conduct period was violated.
“The Commission has examined its own records and found that neither such approval was granted by the Commission as required under the above-mentioned instruction nor any such application from the State of Karnataka is found pending for decision,” the poll panel said in the notice.
It also asked the state government to explain “why disciplinary action is not directed against secretary-in-charge of Department of Information and Public Relations for above mentioned violations of procedure.”
(With inputs from agencies)
“We have not committed any violation. The Karnataka government has not asked anyone for votes.What violation have we committed?,” Shivakumar said when asked about the EC’s notice.
“We have not asked for votes. We have given advertisements about the work we have done in Karnataka amid claims by opposition parties that it did not implement any of its ‘guarantee schemes’ as there are a lot of Telugu-speaking people and other language speaking people in Telangana also,” Shivakumar said.
“The ads were a counter to the opposition’s claims about the Karnataka government. They (opposition parties) were trying to propagate that we have not implemented (guarantee schemes) — we have just said it (about implementation of guarantees in the ads), we have not asked for any votes,” he said.
“There will be so many magazines or publications covering lots of issues. They (other governments) also will give a lot of other advertisements. We are projecting ourselves (Karnataka govt), we are not projecting the Congress party — we will definitely reply (to EC),” the Karnataka deputy chief minister said.
The Election Commission had on Monday issued notice to the Karnataka government for publishing advertisements about welfare schemes and achievements in several newspapers in poll-bound Telangana and said it was a violation of Model Code of Conduct.
In its notice, the ECI said it has been brought to the notice of the Commission by the BJP vide their representation dated November 27 and by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) vide their representation dated November 25 that the Karnataka government has published advertisements of various welfare schemes and achievements in Telangana on November 24 to 27 in the Hyderabad edition of several newspapers.
The poll body asked the Karnataka government to explain why its instruction of getting all advertisements issued by non-poll-going state governments in poll-bound states during the Model Code of Conduct period was violated.
“The Commission has examined its own records and found that neither such approval was granted by the Commission as required under the above-mentioned instruction nor any such application from the State of Karnataka is found pending for decision,” the poll panel said in the notice.
It also asked the state government to explain “why disciplinary action is not directed against secretary-in-charge of Department of Information and Public Relations for above mentioned violations of procedure.”
(With inputs from agencies)
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