Govt, EC pass the box on political ads

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The issue of political advertising on television continues to be pushed back
and forth between the government and the Election Commission. And the
broadcasting sector, wary of censorship, has volunteered to self-regulate
the ads and stop airing those which are slanderous. In an effort to thwart
such interference, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation has announced that its
members will refrain from accepting advertisements from any society, trust,
political party or candidate, which involve a personal attack on leaders of
any political party. While the EC has warned political parties against
engaging in personal attacks and slander, whether it will go so far as to
include slander and personal attacks in its list of dos and dont's, remains
to be seen. Past requests by the I&B ministry to the EC for detailed norms
on political advertising have drawn a blank.

Source:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/590116.cms