Demand two years imprisonment for giving false information in affidavit

Chief Election Commissioner's proposal to the Law Minister

Six-year ban on contesting elections for misinformation, also recommended linking voter list to Aadhaar

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra has written a letter to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad urging him to dispose of all pending election-related cases. It also appealed that any leader who gives information in an affidavit before an election should be sentenced to two years in prison if it is found to be false.

The chief election commissioner wrote the letter last month, requesting that the law be amended to provide for two years' imprisonment for candidates who provide false information in their election affidavits. In addition, such candidates should be barred from contesting elections for six years.

The Chief Election Commissioner has also demanded a ban on political advertisements in any newspaper on the last day of the election campaign and on polling day. Doing so may stop voters from being impressed.

Currently, such advertisements are banned only in the electronic media and are also banned 48 hours before the end of voting. The Election Commissioner has now submitted a proposal to the Law Minister to include print media in it.

The proposal sent by the Chief Election Commissioner also demanded that the voter list of those who are voters should also be attached to the Aadhaar card. Linking to Aadhaar will prevent voters from voting in more than one place and prevent dummy voting.