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Yusuf Pathan disallowed from utilizing 2011 ODI WC pictures throughout election project
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday disallowed previous India cricketer Yusuf Pathan, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Baharampur in Murshidabad district for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, from utilizing photos from India’s victorious project in the 2011 ODI World Cup throughout his survey project.
On March 26, the Congress had actually approached the workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, implicating Pathan of breaking the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by utilizing images of Sachin Tendulkar while marketing for the Lok Sabha elections.
Pathan, the older bro of previous India all-rounder Irfan Pathan, became part of the India group led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni that won the ODI World Cup on home soil in 2011.
Sources in the CEO’s workplace stated that after an extensive examination of the grievance, the survey panel discovered benefit in Congress’ argument that because India’s triumph in the 2011 ODI World Cup referred pride for each Indian, that belief must not be made use of by any political celebration to capture the attention of the citizens.
The Commission likewise directed the previous India cricketer to eliminate all the project bends bring photos connected to India’s success in the 2021 World Cup.
After the Congress lodged its problem on Tuesday, Pathan had actually declared that he had every right to utilize the World Cup-related images given that he belonged of the winning group.
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