To ensure a fair campaign environment, no political party, candidate, organisation, or person shall publish any advertisement in the print media on the poll day and one day prior to it unless the contents are pre-certified by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at the State/District level, a release from Election Commission of India said.

For Bihar, the restricted days are November 5 and 6 (for Phase I) and November 10 and 11 (for Phase II). The polling dates are November 6 and November 11.

Applicants seeking pre-certification for political advertisements in print media must apply to the MCMC no later than two days before the proposed date of publication of the advertisement, the EC said.

To facilitate timely pre-certification, MCMCS at the State and district levels

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