Human Rights Panel Tells X To Take away AAP’s Video That includes Children In Marketing campaign – News18
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The NHRC member additionally drew the eye of CEC Rajiv Kumar to the problem and requested him to think about issuing pointers to political events to chorus from utilizing youngsters in political actions.
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NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo on Monday directed social media platform ‘X’ to instantly take away an objectionable video exhibiting the alleged involvement of youngsters in political campaigning by AAP Nationwide Convener Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi.
The NHRC member additionally drew the eye of CEC Rajiv Kumar to the problem and requested him to think about issuing pointers to political events to chorus from utilizing youngsters in political actions.
In separate letters written to the CEC and Vinay Prakash, Resident Grievances Officer, X, Kanoongo mentioned the Fee is deeply involved in regards to the participation of youngsters in political campaigning actions.
The Fee, taking suo motu cognizance of the matter beneath Part 12(a) of the Safety of Human Rights Act, 1993, mentioned it has come throughout a submit on X whereby CM Atishi and Kejriwal, have shared content material/video depicting youngsters straight concerned in political campaigning actions for the Aam Aadmi Social gathering.
“This follow not solely violates the rules issued by the Election Fee of India on February 5, 2024 but additionally contravenes Part 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Safety of Youngsters) Act, 2015, together with different related authorized provisions,” Kanoongo wrote.
The Fee admitted that the Mannequin Code of Conduct for the forthcoming Meeting elections in Delhi has not but come into pressure however added that the event referred to as for a direct intervention.
The NHRC additionally directed X to take pressing corrective measures to deal with the problem and file a report. “The Fee is of the agency view that the aforementioned submit(s)/re-post(s) must be instantly eliminated/taken down and an Motion Taken Report (ATR) detailing the steps undertaken to deal with this problem should be submitted to the Fee inside seven days,” Kanoongo wrote to the X official.
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