⁠Most TN parties request Assembly polls in single phase: EC

CHENNAI: (Feb 26) Ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday held consultations with political parties here and most of them requested that the elections be conducted in a single phase, EC officials said.

Parties sought stringent measures to curb the use of money power and distribution of freebies during elections, they said.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Vivek Joshi, along with state Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik and senior officials of the Commission, held discussions with recognised national and state-level political parties here.