New Delhi: The poll authorities have issued a show-cause notice to BJP's East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir for allegedly violating the model code of conduct after an advertisement featuring him appeared in a national daily.
The Media Certification and Monitoring Committee of East Delhi noticed the advertisement which appeared on April 26 in the newspaper promoting a cricket game app -- CricPlay -- along with a photo of Gambhir, according to the notice issued by the Returning Officer of the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.
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Gautam Gambhir, BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate on AAP candidate Atishi's allegations of him holding 2 voter-ID cards: I have only one voter-ID, from Rajendra Nagar. I don't have any other voter-ID. pic.twitter.com/6Mg9UwV0n6
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">Gautam Gambhir, BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate on AAP candidate Atishi's allegations of him holding 2 voter-ID cards: I have only one voter-ID, from Rajendra Nagar. I don't have any other voter-ID. pic.twitter.com/6Mg9UwV0n6
— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2019Gautam Gambhir, BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate on AAP candidate Atishi's allegations of him holding 2 voter-ID cards: I have only one voter-ID, from Rajendra Nagar. I don't have any other voter-ID. pic.twitter.com/6Mg9UwV0n6
— ANI (@ANI) April 30, 2019
"This appears to be a surrogate advertisement which appears to have political overtures in favour of a contesting candidate of a particular political party which is contrary to the Model Code of Conduct," it said.