If national consensus not achieved on simultaneous polls, it shouldn't be thrust on people: Ex-CEC Quraishi
The HinduWith a high-level committee exploring the possibility of conducting simultaneous polls, former chief election commissioner S.Y. Mr. Quraishi also said it is expected that the present Election Commission will "show spine" and be "strong and tough" in taking swift and neutral action in cases of model code of conduct violations in the upcoming assembly polls. In an interview with PTI on his new book titled 'India's Experiment with Democracy: The Life of a Nation Through its Elections', the former poll panel chief said one cannot legally find fault with parties promising "freebies" and noted that even the Supreme Court could not abolish the practice. you can't keep the Lok Sabha going and can't hold elections in the entire country," Mr. Quraishi said. Asked about the freebies debate and the current CEC Rajiv Kumar's remarks recently that freebies announced by political parties and state governments have "tadka" of populism, Quraishi said legally one cannot find fault with parties making such promises ahead of polls.
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