Silence Period….. #DelhiElections<\/a> #DelhiElection2025<\/a>@ECISVEEP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/P7BPAEU1kR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 CEO, Delhi Office (@CeodelhiOffice) February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n After the Delhi election notification was issued on January 10, 2025, the Election Commission issued a directive on January 17, 2025, the last day of nomination, reminding the parties that Section 126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 prohibited the display of any election matter by means of television, cinematograph or similar devices in polling areas during the ‘silence period’ of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for the conclusion of the poll, to provide voters with a quiet atmosphere to take decisions without the influence of last-minute campaigning.<\/p>\n Point 4<\/strong> of the guidelines issued by the Election Commission clearly states that \u201cPolitical advertisements on any election matter in TV, cable networks, radio, Cinema Halls, use of bulk SMS\/voice messages, audio visual displays in any polling area during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for the conclusion of the poll for any election in the polling area is also prohibited. Political advertisements relating to election matters, even if disguised in another form, like ads masquerading as news items\/headlines, are strictly prohibited from being displayed during the silence period in the polling area, regardless of prior scheduling.\u201d<\/p>\n Alt News has been monitoring the official Facebook pages of the three major parties contesting the Delhi Assembly elections in the Meta Ad Library. We found that the official page of BJP Delhi<\/a> is currently running ads during the \u2018silence period\u2019, which is a clear violation of the Election Commission guidelines.<\/p>\n The violation of the norms set by the Election Commission raises questions about the party\u2019s intent to follow the electoral rules. This is not the first time that the \u2018silence period\u2019 has been violated by parties. Alt News has also exposed violations of the \u2018silence period\u2019 by BJP proxy pages in the Gujarat Assembly elections<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0Karnataka Assembly elections<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Jharkhand Assembly elections .<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have mailed Facebook’s parent company Meta regarding this violation. This article will be updated if any action is taken or response is received from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With all the 70 constituencies in Delhi going to the polls on February 5, 2025, the three major parties, Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and Congress, have made extensive use of every possible means, including digital platforms, to woo voters. Social media platforms have proved to be an effective way to convey political messages to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":294733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-294719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-161812.jpg\")
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