Why did the Election Commission ask AAP to change its election campaign song?

The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday, April 28, claimed that the Election Commission has “banned” its Lok Sabha campaign song “Jail ka Jawab, Vote Se Denge”, but officials of the Delhi election body said AAP has been given permission to release the song’s content. Was asked to modify. As it has violated the Election Commission guidelines and advertising code.

The over two-minute long campaign song, written and sung by AAP MLA Dilip Pandey, was released at the party headquarters on Thursday, April 25.

In a statement, the Delhi Chief Electoral Office said that during the review and scrutiny of the advertisement submitted by AAP, the Media Pre Certification Committee headed by the Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, made certain observations in the context of various provisions and guidelines laid down by the Election Commission. .

“The said creative/advertisement was returned with comments with a request to modify the content of the creative as per the advertising code prescribed under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994 and ECI guidelines/norms vide letter dated August 24, 2023 . For authentication, resubmit after modification,” it said.

The party has also been informed that if it does not agree with the committee’s decision, it can file an appeal before the state-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee, the statement said.

Earlier, the Delhi election panel had said that some of the pictures and phrases were “derogatory” comments and “criticism of the ruling party based on unverified facts” and also cast doubt on the judiciary and police.

Addressing a press conference, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi accused the Election Commission of becoming a “political weapon of the BJP” and turning a blind eye to its violations.

He also said that the campaign song does not mention BJP and does not violate the model code of conduct.