<span style="color: #222222;">Election Commission has barred the political parties and candidates in Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls from publishing advertisement in newspapers on polling day and one day prior to it without its approval. The voting in the two states will take place on 21st of this month. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Commission has asked them to get the advertisements pre-certified from the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee at the state and district levels before their publication. The poll body said the decision has been taken in view of past instances of advertisements of offending and misleading nature in print media on such occasions which vitiate the elections. </span>