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New election rule amendment gravest threat to democracy
The New Indian Express Chennai
|December 24, 2024
CHIEF MINISTER M K Stalin on Monday alleged that democracy is facing its gravest threat under the BJP-led union government as it has made a reckless amendment to Section 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules of 1961 to "kill transparency", and appealed to all political parties to counter the "assault on free and fair" elections.
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In a post on X, Stalin said, "Consequent to the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to furnish the CCTV footage of an election booth, the union government brought this amendment to prevent pu
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