Delhi think-tank requests EC to initiate legal action against exit polls
Delhi think-tank requests EC to initiate legal action against exit polls CASC has written to the Election Commission saying the exit polls violate Section 126A of the Representation of People Act LokSabha Elections 2019 : A Delhi-based research organization has kept in touch with the Election Commission mentioning activity or First Information Report (FIR) against ‘unlawful Exit Polls for infringement of Section 126A of the Representation of People Act, 1951’. The research organization, Center for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC), said in a correspondence to the EC that the approach of leave surveys led by different offices and organizations were deluding. Refering to the approach of Axis-My India’s overview, CASC said “Despite the fact that ‘Leave Poll’ is the usually utilized terminology, in fact talking, the review was a ‘Post-Poll’ study…In Exit Polls, respondents are met outside the surveying stalls as individuals exit in the wake of throwing cast a ballot....