NEW DELHI: Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi has supported a ban on door-to-door campaigning by candidates in the ‘silence period’ to prevent allurement of voters using cash and liquor.
He also batted for change in law to allow the Election Commission deregister a political party on various grounds, including repeated violation of the model code.
Delivering a lecture on need for electoral reforms organised to mark the birth anniversary of Justice V R Krishna Iyer on Sunday, he said there should be a ban on door-to-door campaigning during the 48 hours before the beginning of polling as this is the time when cash is slid under the doors and liquor is distributed. (AGENCIES)
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