Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday stressed the need for state funding of elections "at a time when only one party has access to 90 percent resources." Manmohan Singh, who was speaking at the birth centenary memorial meeting of veteran CPI leader Indrajit Gupta, said, "One of the widely cited scholarly works of Indrajit Gupta ji was his report on the funding of the election." Today, when only one party has access to 90 percent of the election fund, such ideas need to be discussed and deliberated," said Manmohan Singh. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: He (Indrajit Gupta) argued for the role of state funding in elections. Earlier Manmohan Singh read out a message from UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for the occasion.

Source: dna July 21, 2019 16:41 UTC