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Electoral
Reforms: Poll panel calls all-party meet on Oct 4
Sunday, September 26, 2010 02:23:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Election Commission has called an all-party meeting Oct 4 to
discuss various electoral issues, including the use of electronic
voting machines (EVMs) and the pernicious role of money power
during polls, an official said Sunday.
According to the official, the poll panel has invited the leaders
of all political parties, including state and regional leaders.
“The meeting is on Oct 4. It will take up various electoral
issues. Criminalisation of politics, the use of money power during
elections and also use of EVMs,” the official told IANS.
The month-long Bihar elections will also be discussed, the
official added. Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi had said
he would be soon be calling an all-party meeting to discuss all
poll-related issues when he had announced the Bihar elections Sep
6.
Bihar will elect a new 243-member assembly during staggered
polling that begins Oct 21 and ends Nov 20. The counting will be
on Nov 24.
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