Money, muscle power pose challenge to free, fair polls: CEC

With security during the upcoming Assembly polls to six states becoming a major worry, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami on Sunday said muscle and money power were becoming a hindrance for free and fair electoral process.

Referring to the huge number of security forces being deployed in poll-bound states ahead of voting, Gopalaswami said that India, being a large and an old democracy, should be in a position to hold elections in a peaceful manner without the need for any security arrangements. Read at Zee news

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