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EC pushes for reforms to check paid news: during elections
to Assemblies and the Lok Sabha, the
Election Commission has once again begun to push for
electoral reforms. A senior EC official on Saturday expressed the hope that the Centre would move a Bill on the
reforms in the coming budget session of Parliament.
Among the EC’s proposals, made as early as February 3, 2011, was that publication and abetment of “paid news” for furthering the election prospects of any candidate or prejudicially affecting the chances of other contestants be made an offence under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, entailing imprisonment up to two years.
In the absence of any legislation to pull up “corrupt journalists” or punish “corruption by the media in the form of publishing news against money”, the EC’s proposed amendment to the RP Act would serve as a deterrent to an extent, said the official.
Among the EC’s proposals, made as early as February 3, 2011, was that publication and abetment of “paid news” for furthering the election prospects of any candidate or prejudicially affecting the chances of other contestants be made an offence under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, entailing imprisonment up to two years.
In the absence of any legislation to pull up “corrupt journalists” or punish “corruption by the media in the form of publishing news against money”, the EC’s proposed amendment to the RP Act would serve as a deterrent to an extent, said the official.
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