“This is a wonderful idea. Electoral corruption creeps in from door-to-door campaigning. So, banning such campaigning is one of the most effective ways of stopping corruption in the poll process,” said S. Y. Quraishi, Chief Election Commissioner.
He was speaking during the seventh regional consultation of electoral reforms in Guwahati on June 19.
He said that in Mizoram, 30 to 40 churches have come together and banned door-to-door campaigning.
Both Quraishi and federal Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily, who attended the consultation, said they would look into whether Mizoram’s model could be incorporated in electoral reform.
“We will propose the banning of door-to-door campaigning in the electoral reform exercise,” Quraishi said.
Electoral reform envisages freeing electoral process from criminal elements and corrupt practices. The electoral reform bill is expected to be tabled in parliament by December this year.