However, the Commission strongly feels that state funding of elections is no solution to control money power, especially black money power. Instead, the ECI has been asking for amendments to laws to bring in transparency and accountability in the functioning of political parties and candidates. The EC’s attempts have been to control expenditure by candidates by strictly enforcing election laws and the Model Code of Conduct. The decision to reduce the campaign period from twenty-one to fourteen days was aimed at reducing overt and covert spending. Recent practices such as the EC itself
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