Election Commission directs political parties to stop enrolling voters for post-poll welfare schemes

The Election Commission on Thursday directed all political parties to stop enrolling voters for post-election welfare schemes under the “guise of surveys”.

The poll body said that some political parties and candidates have been engaging in activities that “blur the lines” between legitimate surveys and efforts to register voters for beneficiary schemes.

Enrolment of voters regarding prospective benefit schemes has also been done in the name of creating awareness about the existing schemes of the government or the party manifesto, the Election Commission said.