<p> The Congress' bid to woo Muslims in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh suffered yet another setback with the Election Commission's state-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee rejecting its advertisement on sub-quota for minorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources say the Congress party had sought the Election Commission's approval for its advertisement campaigns on minority sub-quota and MNREGA especially designed for Uttar Pradesh, but the same were referred to the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) empowered to take a decision on the matter.<br /><br />After examining the Congress ad-campaign on sub-quota for minorities, the Committee did not clear the same even as it cleared the advertisement on MNREGA.<br /><br />Confirming this, a top EC official in Uttar Pradesh said the MNREGA ad campaign has been cleared by the Committee.<br /><br />The Congress party in Uttar Pradesh had submitted an audio advertisement each on MNREGA and minorities sub-quota, together with a video advert highlighting the grant of sub- quota to minorities.<br /><br />After its disapproval from the Media Committee, the party is now bringing changes in the sub-quota advertisement and launch the same ahead of the seven-phase UP Assembly polls starting on February 8.<br /><br />Earlier, the EC had asked the Congress-led UPA government to put on hold sub-quota for Muslims till the elections are over in the five states<br /><br />Law minister Salman Khurshid also got embroiled in a controversy over the issue after he promised to double the sub-quota for minorities while campaigning for his wife in Farrukhabad earlier last month.<br /><br />The party is, however, set to woo the Muslim community and its star campaigners are already claiming to have fulfilled their promise of granting a sub-quota for minorities.</p>
<p> The Congress' bid to woo Muslims in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh suffered yet another setback with the Election Commission's state-level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee rejecting its advertisement on sub-quota for minorities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources say the Congress party had sought the Election Commission's approval for its advertisement campaigns on minority sub-quota and MNREGA especially designed for Uttar Pradesh, but the same were referred to the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) empowered to take a decision on the matter.<br /><br />After examining the Congress ad-campaign on sub-quota for minorities, the Committee did not clear the same even as it cleared the advertisement on MNREGA.<br /><br />Confirming this, a top EC official in Uttar Pradesh said the MNREGA ad campaign has been cleared by the Committee.<br /><br />The Congress party in Uttar Pradesh had submitted an audio advertisement each on MNREGA and minorities sub-quota, together with a video advert highlighting the grant of sub- quota to minorities.<br /><br />After its disapproval from the Media Committee, the party is now bringing changes in the sub-quota advertisement and launch the same ahead of the seven-phase UP Assembly polls starting on February 8.<br /><br />Earlier, the EC had asked the Congress-led UPA government to put on hold sub-quota for Muslims till the elections are over in the five states<br /><br />Law minister Salman Khurshid also got embroiled in a controversy over the issue after he promised to double the sub-quota for minorities while campaigning for his wife in Farrukhabad earlier last month.<br /><br />The party is, however, set to woo the Muslim community and its star campaigners are already claiming to have fulfilled their promise of granting a sub-quota for minorities.</p>
