The Election Commission on Thursday said it has taken a 'serious view' of political parties and candidates seeking details of
voters under the guise of various surveys for their proposed beneficiary
schemes as it amounts to a corrupt practice under election law.
The
poll authority noted that some political parties and candidates have
been engaging in activities that blur the lines between legitimate
surveys and partisan efforts to register individuals for post-election
beneficiary-oriented schemes.
The Election Commission issued an
advisory to all national and state political parties to immediately
cease and desist from any activities that involve registering people for
post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through any advertisement,
survey or mobile application.
It said the act of inviting or calling
upon individual electors to register for post-election benefits may
create an impression of the requirement of one-to-one transactional
relationship between the elector and the proposed benefit, and has the
potential to generate a quid pro quo arrangement for voting in a
particular way, thereby leading to inducement. -- PTI
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