Election Commission ask IT ministry to stop spreading 'Viksit Bharat' messages on WhatsApp
- Posted on March 21, 2024
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- By Arijit Dutta
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The
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has been directed to
immediately cease transmitting "Viksit Bharat" messages using
WhatsApp, as per a notification made by the Election Commission of India on
Thursday.
A compliance report about the matter has also been requested from the Ministry of Information Technology. The polling board reports that despite the announcement that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and general elections will be implemented, there have been multiple complaints regarding government initiatives being delivered to residents' cell phones.
MeitY had notified the commission that though the letters used to be sent out before MCC approached into force, it was probable that a few of them could have been sent to recipients with a delay because of systemic and network limitations, the polling firm said. We make an apology for any trouble this might have caused. This happen to be just one of the many choices the Commission has made to make sure justice for all parties. A WhatsApp message from the group "Viksit Bharat Sampark has been touring the country with a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an effort to get opinions and suggestions from government employees.
As the BJP continued to promote the story of "Modi Ka Parivaar," or Modi's family, the prime minister wrote to "my dear family members," announcing that "our partnership is on the verge of completing a decade." The steadfast faith and support of 140 crore Indians truly affected and motivated me.
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In his statement, he attributed the "transformation that has taken place in the lives of the people" to the administration's policies and activities. In his words, this represents "the biggest achievement of our government over the last ten years." The leaders of the opposition parties demanded that the Election Commission step in because they perceived what they considered to be a "blatant violation" of the commission's model code of conduct.
