It is very heartening to know about Team Anna's meeting with the CEC regarding electoral reforms and a good response from him. It was very disturbing to read in the news reports about the various violations that have occurred in the ongoing UP elections and how the Cong MPs and ministers are getting away time and again for some unknown reason.
The only way I feel to achieve the Goal of passing the Jan Lokpal bill in the parliament is to elect selfless, learned candidates who are true states men and not corrupt, power hungry,criminals that are fielded by most political parties. It is anybody's' guess what these hooligans will deliver sitting in power. Electoral reforms bill can effectively block such dubious persons contesting and their election. Now that you have a parliament made up of genuine peoples representatives, passing the Jan Lokpal bill will be a cake walk. Now is the correct time that we start pitching for electoral reforms bill to get a good elected govt in 2014 elections, rather than pleading and persuading the current UPA-II. The first step in this direction has to be to make the CEC implement the right to reject option in the EVMs for all elections that will held from now on.