The Tamil Nadu State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the Chief Election Commissioner to hold Assembly elections in a single phase in Tamil Nadu. Participating in an all-party discussion convened by the CEC in Chennai on Thursday, party members represented that elections to all Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu must be held on the same day. The State has had previous experience of doing so and had sufficient resources to conduct elections on the same day, they added.
The Election Commission must be vigilant to check instances of misuse of power during the conduct of the elections. Tamil Nadu has a history of such incidents, specifically noticed during the last Chennai Corporation elections. The Commission must also ensure that there is no attempt to buy votes for cash and gifts.
