This Article is From Oct 04, 2010

Election Commission meets to tackle electoral malpractices

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New Delhi: Amid concern over the recent phenomenon of paid news and growing use of money power in polls, the Election Commission (EC) is meeting top leaders of political parties

The top agenda of the meeting is to eliminate electoral malpractices, criminalisation of politics and the issues surrounding the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that have drawn sharp focus.

Six national parties and over 50 recognised regional parties are participating in the meeting convened by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), S Y Quraishi.
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