New Delhi, March 25 -- Kerala Police on Tuesday issued notices to social media users and asked platform X to remove posts related to an Election Commission of India (ECI) document that carried the seal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which the state chief electoral officer called a "clerical error".

The issue began on March 21, when the state CEO's office circulated a document to political parties clarifying guidelines on the publication of candidates' criminal antecedents.

The document, however, carried the seal of the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit instead of the ECI's official seal. According to senior EC officials, "The BJP had submitted a photocopy of a 2019 ECI directive bearing its party seal while seeking clarifica...