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Create consensus on debarring PM, Union Ministers to campaignin Assembly polls: Mankotia to ECI 12/30/2014 12:33:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 29: Asserting that Prime Minister campaigning for a candidate obviously tilts the balance in favour of his party candidate, the former MLA Udhampur and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) President Balwant Singh Mankotia today appealed the Election Commission of India to create a consensus on debarring PM/Central Ministers to campaign in Assembly elections. In a statement issued here, JKNPP leader Mankotia said that He said, "Besides, Prime Minister and Central Ministers should be debarred from campaigning in the Assembly elections as they represent the country and the whole population and not just a particular party." "Prime Minister campaigning for a candidate obviously tilts the balance in favour of his party candidate as whole administrative machinery is galvanized to facilitate PM/Central Ministers' visit in the area. And he appealed the Election Commission of India to create a consensus on debarring PM/Central Ministers to campaign in Assembly elections, he added. Refering to the use of EVMs, he said that as in most of the European countries, the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been discontinued, same should be adopted in India also. "It is time for the party leadership to introspect on the causes of the defeat at the hustings and devise strategies to win the peoples confidence by reaching out to the common masses, he said while refering to party defeat and added, that massive turnout of the people demonstrated that they have complete faith in the democratic process and except few complaints of use of money, muscle power and polarization of the voters in the name of region and religion." Mankotia also said that party instead of going to the courts, would reach out to the common masses and would aggressively fight for achievement of statehood for Jammu Pradesh.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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