The Election Commission made it clear that it's impossible to have compulsory voting in the country, given the large scale workforce in the unorganised sector. "At a scale like in general elections, it's just not possible for us to implement that," Chief Election Commissioner Navin B Chawla told a news conference in Bengaluru. "It's very difficult. Completely impossible".
Chief Election Commissioner Navin B Chawla on Monday said making voting compulsory was not 'practical' and maintained that the legislatures will have to take a call on the issue.
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