patna former advisor to the election commission ec k j rao who during the 2005 bihar assembly elections had emerged as a hero for facilitating free and fair polls in the state said on thursday that the countrys political class was opposed to wide ranging electoral reforms and insisted that they certainly did not seem to be favourably inclined towards any change in the existing process regarding the appointment of chief election commissioner cec and election commissionershe said the retirement age for politicians should be 70 years which would facilitate the entry of youth and vision both in the electoral process and the countrys leadership after their retirement they could also take to their pet hobbies and meaningful social work rao saidreminded of the observations in some sections that present cec n gopalaswami was well disposed towards bjp as against election commissioner n c chawla who is perceived to be inclined towards congress rao said it was not important the important point is their action action alone should be judged because it shows who and where they are he said adding a fivemember committee consisting of prime minister leader of opposition lok sabha speaker rajya sabha chairman and chief justice of india should appoint cec and two election commissionershe maintained that he was not opposed to the political class per se but the entry of criminal elements into politics and those having hold on money had changed the scenario he said the election commission had taken steps to prevent persons with criminal background from contesting elections in the context of increasing demand for electoral reforms some wellmeaning people who had formed foundation for advanced management of elections fame would be pleading with the supreme court for largescale electoral reformsrao who was here to address a meet of the outgoing batch of arcade business college here is otherwise engaged in increasing voters awareness in andhra pradesh under the banner of forum for watching elections fwe formed by 48 ngos he said the political class cutting across has been using liquor and money to influence votersaccording to him fwe had complained to the election commission about around 1 lakh liquor shops in andhra pradesh demanding its directive for their closure around 7000 shops were closed in 48 hours besides on the complaint of the forum rs 20 crore kept for distribution among voters had been seized in aphe vehemently denied the impression that the nononsense approach he had adopted during the 2005 bihar assembly elections was to bring about a change in the government i only facilitated free and fair polls i did not do it with an aim for satta parivartan rao said and added that he was feeling good about the change that had come about in bihari came here last year too at night people including women were seen on outings it was not so earlier he said adding my message to voters is simple cast your vote dont sell your vote