Indian Express also quoted unnamed officials of the Delhi Chief Electoral Office as saying that the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) had only certified NaMo’s TV logo. The officials were quoted as saying that pre-aired speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which were being aired on NaMo TV were not advertisements. According to the officials, the poll panel did not have the mandate to certify such content. “Top officials at the Delhi Chief Electoral Office said that the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee had ‘only certified’ the NaMo TV logo, and it was not their ‘mandate’ to certify the content since it contained pre-aired speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which were not advertisements,” the report stated.