ECI issues digital vouchers for free airtime to parties on DD, AIR for Assembly polls
New Delhi, March 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India has announced the allotment of digital time vouchers to recognised National and State political parties, enabling them to avail free broadcast and telecast time on Doordarshan and All India Radio for the upcoming Assembly elections. The move has been undertaken under Section 39A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, with the Commission issuing detailed directions for the allocation of airtime during the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.