District Level MCMC Constituted and Media Monitoring Cell Set up, Aashika Jain
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, March 13, 2024 (Punjab khabarnama) : In the wake of ensuing Lok Sabha Elections-2024, to make the electoral process free and fair, a District Level Media Monitoring Cell and District Level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee have been set up in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar that falls in two Parliamentary Constituencies; Sri Anandpur Sahib and Patiala.
Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer, Mrs Aashika Jain said that a district-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee has been constituted under her chairpersonship. The committee comprises members SDM-cum-Assistant Returning Officer Depankar Garg, MC Joint Commissioner Ms Kiran Sharma, DPRO Ravi Inder Singh, Parsar Bharti Journalist Manoj Girdhar, Jagmohan Singh and Harwinder Singh (MIS Coordinators from DEO (EE) Office).
She said that besides the formation of the MCMC Committee, a 24×7 Media Monitoring Cell has also been in place to keep a strict vigil on election-related news in Electronic Media, Social Media and Print Media especially to check paid news.
She said that the District level MCMC to function as a Political Content Certification Committee for electronic media as well as scanning media news related to elections.
During the meeting, the District Election Officer also asked the ADC (G) to work as the Nodal Officer of the MCMC to monitor day-to-day proceedings.
Mrs Jain directed the Tehsildar, District Election Office to provide the required manpower, electronic equipment and other goods to the MCMC for its smooth sailing.
She also directed the MCMC to work strictly as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India and work diligently to report any violation related to media guidelines.
The meeting was attended by ADC (G) Viraj S Tidke, ADC (RD) Sonam Chaudhary, SDM Mohali Depankar Garg, AC (G) Davy Goyal, DPRO Ravi Inder Singh, Election Tehsildar Sanjay Kumar, Jagmohan Singh MIS Coordinator from DEO (EE) Office.