NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee today advocated the need for strong electoral reforms to strengthen the democratic process saying it is time to look at legal provisions for increasing the number of parliamentary seats.
Mukherjee also said in the existing Indian parliamentary system, though political parties with less numbers of seats enjoy equal rights and authority with the party in power, they have “no responsibility”.
He said it is necessary to undertake a “dispassionate analysis of the way in which our electoral process is functioning with a view to address the shortcomings in the system”.
The President was speaking at a seminar on ‘Economic Reforms With Reference To Electoral Issues’ where Chief Justice of India J S Khehar said electoral promises routinely remain unfulfilled and manifestos turn out to be mere pieces of paper, for which parties have to be held accountable. (AGENCIES)
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