Narayana bats for e-postal ballot
CPI National Secretary K Narayana demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to introduce ‘e- postal ballot’ in the place of postal ballot and also bring reforms ensuring 100 per cent participation of voters in the elections.
Hyderabad: CPI National Secretary K Narayana demanded the Election Commission of India (ECI) to introduce ‘e- postal ballot’ in the place of postal ballot and also bring reforms ensuring 100 per cent participation of voters in the elections.
At an all-party meeting held by the ECI in New Delhi, Narayana pointed out that the existing postal ballot system has been misused by the political parties by luring the voters. He was one of the victims of the allurements offered by the strong party candidates.
Though the voters had assured him that they would vote for him in Khammam Parliamentary constituency from where he contested as left party candidate in 2014 election, the results indicated that he did not get the votes the party had expected.
Narayana suggested the Commission to introduce 'e-postal ballot' system to avoid time consuming in exercising the franchise by the eligible voters and stop luring them by the contestants. He brought to the notice of the EC that the postal ballot opportunity was being given only to the most educated and more responsible officials.
Lakhs of voters living as migrant domestic workers have been denied their right to cast their votes in the election, he felt. The left party leader also proposed online polling. However, the Commission officials informed Narayana that the present legalities would not allow introduction of such polling systems in the country.
He also put another proposal before the Commission replacing the present election system by representation method by which all political parties, religions, castes and people from all walks of life would get representation in legislative bodies and every section of our society would have say in decision-making bodies.
