Patna: The Election Commission has issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking explanation over their newspaper advertisement on Wednesday on beef.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer R. Laxmanan said that a notice was served to Bihar BJP chief Mangal Pandey yesterday.
Earlier, the Election Commission directed that no advertisements shall be published in the poll-bound Bihar unless its contents were ratified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at the state and district level.
Read: Row over BJP beef advertisement
Election Commission's directions came after the BJP gave an advertisement in newspapers featuring a woman hugging a cow, attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his silence over statements made by his allies on beef.
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