Time has come for consultations on poll reforms: PM

Pitching for electoral reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said time had come to hold a wide consultations to see how the system can be improved in the context of role of money and holding of simultaneous polls.

He made these suggestions in his valedictory address to the party’s National Council at Kozhikode after kicking off year-long celebrations of BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary, which will be observed by the central government as well as the saffron party.

“Time has come for a wide discussion on electoral reforms. There is a need to discuss reforms in the electoral system. What are the shortcomings in the electoral system, what is the role of money, the use of government machinery…