Lok Sabha elections: Restrict opinion polls, EC tells Centre

The ruling Congress had recently made a complaint to the EC on a sting operation carried out on some of the organisations engaged in conducting opinion polls.

It had alleged that the organisations conducting opinion polls agreed to manipulate the results by tweaking the figures.

The Law Commission headed by Justice (retd) A P Shah has said it will be able to give its report on electoral reforms in April or May, when the country will be in the middle of Lok Sabha elections.

The next government at the Centre and the 16th Lok Sabha can now take a call on the recommendations of the panel which advises government on complex legal issues.

On February 12, Law Minister Kapil Sibal informed the Lok Sabha that government will take a final call on banning opinion polls only after consulting “stakeholders” after the Law Commission submits its comprehensive report on electoral reforms.