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"The EC has not met so far to decide any dates for general elections. Any story quoting the dates has no authenticity," an EC spokesman said.
"We, in the Election Commission, have not yet discussed the final dates, but it will be held between April 8 and May 15," Quraishi had said after delivering a lecture on 'J and K Elections 2008', at the India House in London last evening.
The term of the 14th Lok Sabha expires in May and announcement of the poll schedule is expected soon.
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Why should EC go back and forth about the election dates? Why can't we have fixed dates of election like the US? That will make the life more predictable for everyone and election management easy.
The article did not highlighted the recommended budget for holding the elections. I think this season, when everyone is cuttin down on cost, the similar principle shall be applied in the elections too. As I understand, elections in India is the costliest one in the world, as ours is not only the largest democracy in the world, but our political leaders also spend generously during their election campaigns. Our EC need to put some tough guideline in this regard.
It's really matter of highest credibility and responsibility that Election Commission is doing without any pressure of POLITICAL PARTIES. So the world praises Indian democracy.