The draw of lots exercise for allotment of broadcast and telecast time to recognised national parties on Doordarshan and Akashvani for the ensuing General Election 2024 was conducted at Rang Bhawan in New Delhi today. Each of the national parties has been allotted 45 minutes on the Doordarshan and Akashvani separately. An additional five hours and thirty minutes of telecast and broadcast time has also been allotted to the six national parties. Telecast and broadcast will be done on the 16th and the 23rd of this month, and the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 22nd, and 29th of the next month.