AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): Four days after CPI-M complained Election Commission of India to restrain BJP and any other parties to use martyrs and other jawans photos in Election campaigning and also Navy Chief Admiral L Ramdas told the Election Commission the same, Election Commission instructed political parties to keep the country’s defence personnel out of election campaigning and not to use their photographs in advertisements. The order came following a Ministry of Defence complaint. Election Commission stated, “It is pertinent to mention that the armed forces of a nation are the guardians of its frontiers, security and the political system. They are apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy. It is therefore necessary that political parties and leaders exercise great caution while making any reference to the armed forces in their political campaigns.”“The Commission is of the view that photographs of chief of army staff or any other defence personnel and photographs of functions of defence forces should not be associated with or used in any manner in advertisement, propaganda, campaigning or in any other manner in connection with elections by political parties and candidates”, it added.