Modi now bats for compulsory voting

Favouring compulsory voting,he said,Compulsory voting has several advantages that can make our democracy stronger. It will even mitigate fears about elections becoming display of money power. Many citizens are disturbed by the large amounts of money being spent on elections. By bringing compulsory voting,mindless and extravagant expenditure on elections will not happen as the voter will anyway have to come to the polling booth and cast his or her franchise.

The Gujarat CM targeted the Governor and the UPA,saying the states legislation for compulsory voting had been withheld. Many friends in some political parties are skeptical of having a Right to Reject in forthcoming elections. However,I am not surprised. We introduced a Bill on compulsory voting,which even included the Right to Reject but Congress opposed it tooth and nail. The Bill was passed twice,in 2008 and in 2009 but it was then withheld by the Honourable Governor, he said.