DD, AIR respond to EC query on source of feed of PM’s address

NEW DELHI: Public broadcasters Doordarshan and Ali India Radio have responded to the Election Commission which had asked them about the source of feed of the prime minister’s address to the nation on Wednesday, a senior poll panel functionary said.

He also said that the prime minister’s office had neither informed nor sought the EC’s permission on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address in which he informed people about the successful test of an anti-satellite missile.

Deputy Election Commissioner Sandeep Saxena, in charge of the Model Code division, told a media briefing here that the poll watchdog had sought details from DD and AIR about the source of feed of the PM’s address. The two broadcasters have responded and the EC is examining their response “in the light of what we want to know”.