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The I&B ministry is known to have sent a showcause notice to a private Punjabi news channel(PTC)asking why it carried advertisements supporting candidates belonging to a particular party in the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee elections after the campaign was over.
These advertisements were reportedly aired on January 26 — a day after the campaigning for the elections had ended.
The channel's CEO Rabindra Narayan, however, said that they had not violated any rule and had already "responded satisfactorily" to a memo they had earlier received from the Directorate of Gurudwara Election of the Delhi government.
There was a view that the telecast of advertisements on January 26, which was beyond the date of campaign, could be in violation of the rules.
They said the ministry also wanted to assess if the telecast was also in violation of the Advertising Code which bars channels from carrying content on behalf of political entities.
The I&B ministry grants permission to uplink and downlink channels in the country. The show cause notice was issued today and the channel has been asked to reply within three days.
