Flawed reports causes more damage to credibility of poll management bodies: CEC KumarB

Bengaluru: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has flagged “flawed” reports of some agencies and organisations, saying they cause more damage to the credibility of election management bodies as the pioneering work done by them finds no place in such surveys.
Kumar urged the EMBs to come up with essential parameters and standards which should guide such surveys and rankings.
He was addressing the 3rd International Conference on the theme ‘Inclusive Elections and Elections Integrity’ on Thursday in a virtual format.
The CEC along with fellow election commissioners were in Bengaluru where they also assessed the poll preparedness of poll-bound Karnataka.
Also Read BJP MLC resigns from legislative council in Karnataka, joins Congress He lamented that countries with low inclusivity are ranked high. “The flawed report causes more damage to the credibility of EMBs,” he added. The CEC urged the participating EMBs to come up with essential parameters and standards which should guide such surveys…countries with low inclusivity are ranked high,” the poll panel said in a statement.
Talking about inclusivity, the CEC pointed out that India has 460 million women voters, which is almost equal to the number of men voters.