Election Commission should ban opinion polls: CPI

ERODE: CPI today demanded that the Election Commission ban opinion polls, alleging that it is taken to favour a particular political party and there is no genuine opinion poll..

Party's state secretary R Mutharasan told reporters here that some newspapers and visual media are telecasting and publishing such polls, which he said, was totally wrong.

Asked about the prospects of the four party People's Welfare Front in the May 16 assembly polls, he said he is optimistic they would secure all 234 seats and form a coalition Government, "as the youth and women are backing the PWF candidates."

Referring to the GAIL project to lay pipelines across seven districts of the state, which will reportedly affect farmers, he said the Prime Minister during his visit to Tamil Nadu for campaigning, should explain the Union Government's stand on it, as the Supreme Court had given the nod to GAIL.

Since lakhs of farmers would be affected, the Centre should instruct GAIL,a Government sector unit,to lay pipelines on National Highways, so that farmers' lands would be saved, he said.

The PM should find a permanent solution to the fishermen's issue in Tamil Nadu and also announce conduct of the bull sport Jallikattu, he said.