Prof AK. Puri, Director General of the Institute stated low polling as the primary reason for candidates with low percentage of votes getting elected, as per a research conducted by them on past Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The elected candidates do not truly represent majority of the voters a the essential spirit of democracy, Prof. Puri stated further.
The Institute has also launched a signature campaign through an appeal to vote signed by personalities like Shahnaz Hussain, Satbir Silas Bedi, Arvind Kejrival, Prof. KK Agarwal, Vice Chancellor, IP University and Meeta Pandit, Vocalist. A signature campaign towards an Election Oath, pledging to take an oath to cast vote for life is also doing rounds. An electronic oath-taking through e-mail is in place at the website www.fortune.edu.in.