{"id":71697,"date":"2020-07-24T17:37:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T12:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=71697"},"modified":"2020-07-24T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:47:29","slug":"ad-agency-with-bjp-connection-handles-social-media-for-maharashtra-election-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ad-agency-with-bjp-connection-handles-social-media-for-maharashtra-election-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Ad agency with BJP connection handles social media for Maharashtra Election Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activist Saket Gokhale posted a tweet thread on July 23 alleging that the Election Commission of India “hired” the IT cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to manage their social media in Maharashtra ahead of the 2019 assembly elections.<\/p>\n

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Shocking details:<\/p>\n

Election Commission of India literally hired the BJP IT Cell for handling their social media in Maharashtra in the run-up to the 2019 State Assembly Elections.<\/p>\n

Thread \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n

\u2014 Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) July 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gokhale pointed out that advertiser details on the Facebook page of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maharashtra<\/a> carry the address “202 Pressman House” in Vile Parle, Mumbai.<\/p>\n

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This is also the address mentioned by pro-BJP Facebook page ‘The Fearless Indian’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mumbai-based advertising agencies Signpost India<\/a> and Social Central<\/a> use that address as well.<\/p>\n