Election Commission of India, on Thursday, said it is the view that the movie ‘PM Narendra Modi’ should not be released till May 19. The poll body even said that delaying the release of Modi biopic will be in the interest of free and fair Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Earlier, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the EC’s report on Modi’s biopic and asked the poll panel to supply a copy of the report to the producer of the movie.
The Apex Court had, on April 15, directed the Election Commission to re-examine its earlier order and take an informed decision on banning pan-India the release of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after watching the full movie.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for film producers who have challenged the EC’s ban on the biopic’s release till the current general elections are over, had told the top court that the poll panel has taken the decision after watching the promo, and not the entire movie.