DMK, AIADMK, TDP call for electoral reforms

Leaders from South India -- TDP Lok Sabha MP Jayadev Galla, Congress leader and former Lok Sabha MP Madhu Yaskhi Goud, AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan and DMK spokesperson Manu Sundaram -- attended India Today Conclave South 2018.

DMK's Manu Sundaram said that one of the biggest factors behind corruption during elections was the availability of unaudited funding to political parties.

Congress leader Madhu Yaskhi Goud, a former Lok Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh partly admitted to adopting laxity in terms of campaigning and ground work in Telangana, in view of the drubbing it faced in the recently concluded assembly polls in the state.

TDP's Jayadev Galla said that election corruption reflected a larger trend in the Indian society. There is corruption across professions in India, Galla said. "The public is corrupt."

Kovai Sathyan said, "We are talking about a system where everyone is involved. The politician is pumping in money. The public is accepting the money...Need electoral reforms."