[IAC#RG] Election Commission under pressure due to Maulik Bharat RTI and Notice

Respected Friends,

   Vandematram

   After Arvind Kejriwal resignation one more success to Maulik Bharat team. Thanks to Neeraj Saxena and Sanjeev Gupta effort. Now Election Commission is under pressure due to our RTI and Notice to EC (Copy Attached). Now EC start in the direction of election reform as we demand. Need of the time to speed-up it .

Thanks.

With regards

Anuj Agarwal

General Secretary

Maulik Bharat

www.maulikbharat.org

09811424443

Candidates can e-file nominations in Lok Sabha polls

Dialogue India Report -
 
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Ranchi: Candidates for the Lok Sabha elections would be able to e-file their nominations and affidavits, in a move aimed to bring about faster dissemination of information about the candidates, Election Commissioner H.S. Brahma said Saturday.

The e-filing, a web-based form, would be in addition to filing the nomination in paper form.

The Election Commission will soon ask the government to modify the current rules to make e-filing mandatory.

"This move of the ECI holds the potential to accelerate the process of dissemination of information regarding the criminal, financial, educational and other background details of candidates contesting elections," said a press release of the 10th Annual Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms.
 

Brahma recommended that it be used by the election commission in the upcoming polls to keep a check on malpractices like bribing of voters (by liquor distribution, cash etc)and excessive spending by candidates.

The tool will enable citizens to capture photographic evidence (with precise GPS location and time) of any wrongdoing in and around elections and report it instantaneously to the nearest election commission observers, said the statement.

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Anuj Agrawal, Editor Dialogue India
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