India, April 19 -- Though political parties deny such claims and these "incidents" often go unnoticed, the truth is that the poor consider elections to be the time to make some "extra cash"
Hard cash is flying all around. Grab it and decide which button to press. This probably is going to be the norm of general elections in India.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) might have cancelled the polling in Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu on allegations of stashing a huge amount of cash in a house related to local DMK candidate, but the menace is slowly engulfing other parts of the country as well.
The cancellation of an election on such allegations just before the day of the poll may be new, but the distribution of cash to buy votes is ...