New Delhi, March 25: Promise of providing freebies like mixies and laptops to the people by political parties in Tamil Nadu is a “disturbing” trend, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said here today.
“We have been hearing news of parties in Tamil Nadu promising mixies and laptops to people in an attempt to impress them…this is a worrying trend and the public has been taking notice of it,” he said addressing a lecture on ‘Sustaining Electoral Process- India’s initiatives’.
On March 19, the ruling DMK in the state said it would distribute free mixies or grinders to women, free laptops to SC/ST students and free rice of 35 kg to BPL families if voted back to power.
-Agencies