Chandigarh: After making it mandatory for political parties to publish why candidate with criminal record selected for election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched a mobile application ‘Know Your Candidate’ for electors to know the particulars and criminal antecedents of any candidate, informed Dr. S Karuna Raju, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Punjab on Saturday.
Urging the voters of the state to download the app, Dr. Raju said that the app has been developed to provide wide publicity and greater awareness regarding criminal antecedents of contesting candidates to ensure transparent election. This app can be downloaded from Google play store and Apple App store and the link is also available on the Commission’s website.