Mysuru: The Centre is considering to bring in amendments for an "open ballot system" to elect members to the state Legislative Councils on the lines of a similar system for Rajya Sabha elections, Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda said today.
"There are Legislative Councils in six states, we are thinking about it. I have already written to all the chief ministers that like in Rajya Sabha elections, during the elections to Legislative Council from Legislative Assembly, the voter has to show the ballot paper to the official agent of the party and cast the vote," he told reporters in Mysuru.
"This in a way will minimise influence of money in these elections. We have made up our mind to bring in amendments to this effect," he said.
In both the cases, votes will be considered invalid if there is violation.
Speaking on the "sting operation" that purportedly showed legislators negotiating money deal in exchange for their votes for Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, the Law Minister demanded that the Election Commission should consider this seriously.
Videos of the "sting operations" were aired by two private TV news channels on Thursday.
A parallel "sting" operation by another channel showed Congress candidate KC Ramamurthy and independent legislators purportedly speaking about getting increased development funds for the constituency from the government in return for votes.
"There are Legislative Councils in six states, we are thinking about it. I have already written to all the chief ministers that like in Rajya Sabha elections, during the elections to Legislative Council from Legislative Assembly, the voter has to show the ballot paper to the official agent of the party and cast the vote," he told reporters in Mysuru.
"This in a way will minimise influence of money in these elections. We have made up our mind to bring in amendments to this effect," he said.
In both the cases, votes will be considered invalid if there is violation.
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Speaking on the "sting operation" that purportedly showed legislators negotiating money deal in exchange for their votes for Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, the Law Minister demanded that the Election Commission should consider this seriously.
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Videos of the "sting operations" were aired by two private TV news channels on Thursday.
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A parallel "sting" operation by another channel showed Congress candidate KC Ramamurthy and independent legislators purportedly speaking about getting increased development funds for the constituency from the government in return for votes.
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