Chief Election Commissioner of India Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi today said that Election Commission has proposed two-years imprisonment for candidates contesting in elections who either conceal facts or provide false information in the affidavits while filing nominations. <br/><br/>Inaugurating a two-day National Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms organized by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in Hyderabad, he said Section 29-b of the Representation of Peoples' Act needs to be amended to check funding of political parties through Electoral Trust. <br/><br/>Paid news should be considered as electoral offence and the candidates will be punished with two-year imprisonment, he added. <br/><br/>Referring to linking of Adhar Number with the Voter Identity Cards, he said 23 out of total 85 crore voters in the country have already been covered.<br/>Appreciating the services of Voluntary Organizations in the country, he said Bihar Assembly Election was conducted without any violence. <br/><br/>He urged people to give suggestions and advise to make NOTA more meaningful.<br/>