Instead of confining the consultation on banning opinion polls to just political parties, the Election Commission should have invited all stakeholders of the election process in the country, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam presidium chairman Panruti S. Ramachandran said on Friday.
Participating in a discussion on ‘Do opinion polls inform or mislead voters,’ organised by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, he said that under the Constitution, the Election Commission had to ensure free and fair elections, and it could do so only by providing every party with a level playing field. Mr. Ramachandran was answering a question whether the EC could come to a conclusion on opinion polls based on the views of political parties alone.
Source : The Hindu, CHENNAI, November 22, 2013
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