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Rahul interview: Channels face EC ire

EC also served a show cause notice to Rahul Gandhi for violating the election guidelines

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh exchange greetings during a ceremony to pay respects for the martyrs of 2001 Parliament attack, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: PTI

Archis MohanSohini Das New Delhi/Ahmedabad
On the eve of the second phase of polling for Gujarat Assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday ordered lodging of FIRs (first information reports) against television news channels for telecasting an interview of Congress President-elect Rahul Gandhi. It also served a show cause notice to Rahul Gandhi for violating the election guidelines (model code of conduct).
 
The remaining 93 of the 182 Assembly seats would go to polls on Thursday. The first phase of polling, on 89-seats, had taken place on December 9. The counting of votes will take place on December 18.
 
The Congress has

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