Election Commission Asks Twitter India to Remove All Tweets Related to Exit Polls

New Delhi, May 15: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday directed Twitter India to remove all the tweets related to exit polls. The exit polls will be announced on May 19, which will also mark the last phase of voting.

Twitter was yet to react to the EC order.

On Tuesday, the poll panel had sent notice to three media houses for publishing poll result survey. They were asked to reply within 48 hours.

Earlier, the EC had sought an explanation from three media houses as to why action should not be taken against them with respect to displaying poll surveys.