The debate on electoral reforms is not new. Way back in the late '60s, during the term of the fourth Lok Sabha, a committee including eminent people like Jaiprakash Narayan, Madhu Limaye, Minoo Masani and V.M. Tarkunde had been set up on the basis of a parliamentary resolution to look into the matter. The National Front government had also constituted a committee under the then law minister Dinesh Goswami. The committee had submitted a comprehensive report in record time. Its suggestions have been gathering dust in the absence of the political will to take the bull of corruption by the horns. Now with the hawala scam threatening to taint the entire polity, the issue has come under focus once again. The Election Commission seems to be getting into the act with Election Commissioner M.S. Gill (see interview) suggesting an all-party meeting to thrash out the issue.