India, June 7 -- With allegations of horse-trading clouding the state legislative council elections, NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday called for changes to the electoral process to curb corruption, while chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said he would support any reform measure. This has sparked a wider debate on transparency in legislative council polls.

Addressing the media on Saturday, Sule said secret-ballot voting in elections like these creates scope for unethical practices. "I am going to introduce a bill in parliament seeking changes to the provisions governing these elections. I will propose either discontinuing such elections or replacing the secret-ballot system with an open-ballot process. Horse-trading and ...