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Election Commission stops online streaming of webseries on PM Narendra Modi

The web series titled "Modi-Journey of a Common Man" will not be streamed on Eros Now untill further orders.

Ban on Narendra Modi webseries The webseries has been produced by Eros Now.

The Election Commission Saturday asked Eros Now to stop till further orders online streaming of a web series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

In its direction, the poll panel has cited its April 10 order, banning a biopic on Modi, to place a similar bar on the web series titled "Modi - Journey of a Common Man".

"In view of the admitted facts and material available on record, this web series being an original web series on Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister and a political leader and a prospective candidate in the current general elections to the Lok Sabha, cannot be exhibited," said the poll panel.

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