The ECI also directed that no political party or candidate or any other organization or person shall publish any advertisement in the print media on poll day or one day prior to poll day in all the phases, unless the contents of political advertisements are pre-certified by the media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC).
The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment, had placed the Election Commission of India and its head among the most important 'institutions of integrity'. India's greatest pride is that it is not only the world's largest democracy, but it has also been able to hold country-wide elections at regular intervals on an unprecedented scale, unlike many other newly independent countries
ECI concludes CM sustained injuries prima facie due to lapse on part of her security in-charge
The EC, responding to a memorandum submitted by the Trinamul Congress holding it culpable for the alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram yesterday, said the memorandum is full of "insinuations and averments that question the very basis of creation and functioning of election commission."
Mr Nirajnayan, a 1987 batch IPS officer has been posted as DGP with immediate effect and the commission has asked for the compliance report by 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Arora and Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Sushil Chandra will arrive in Kolkata after meeting political parties in Assam.
The ECI said that voting will be held between 9 am and 4 pm and counting of votes will take place from 5 pm onwards on November 9. The election process will be completed before November 11.
