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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Can promises of freebies on poll eve be curbed, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said political parties competing with each other to announce freebies and doles during electioneering has the potential to upset states’ finances and vitiate free and fair polls and asked the Centre and the Election Commission to respond to a PIL seeking measures to curb this infectious poll-eve tendency.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/3459Hb9

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