Chandigarh, June 18 -- Punjab Police has registered an FIR against certain news channels for allegedly violating the Election Commission of India's (ECI) guidelines by publishing an opinion poll ahead of the June 19 Assembly by-elections in Ludhiana (West).

The FIR was registered following a complaint filed by the Returning Officer of the 64-Ludhiana (West) Assembly Constituency, as per the Punjab's Public Relations Department.

The police stated that the publication of the opinion poll during the 48-hour 'silence period' before polling is in direct violation of Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.

"The publication of the poll was carried out in violation o...