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Parties will have to tell voters why they selected tainted candidates: CEC

  •   Wed, Dec 22 2021 04:46:46 PM

Panaji, Dec 22 (IANS): Political parties will now have to specify the reason for fielding a candidate with a criminal background for the 2022 state Assembly polls, Chief Election Commission Sushil Chandra said on Wednesday.

Chandra said that the norm was not enforced strictly earlier, but in wake of a Supreme Court directive, the top official said that the norm would be strictly enforced.

"Parties having to declare to the public why they are choosing candidates with criminal antecedents They will have to state on their website, to the public. We have chosen so and so... these are his criminal antecedents and we are selecting him for these, these reasons and we couldn't find anyone in that area who is more so and so and so," Chandra told a press conference in Panaji.

"This was happening earlier also but it was not enforced very strictly. In the past political parties gave reasons like they (the candidate) has done a lot of social work in that area and that is why we have put them," he also said.

An Election Commission of India team led by Chandra is in Goa to review preparatory work for the upcoming polls which are scheduled to be held early next year.

"The Supreme Court asked to give the reasons and the elector can also understand the reasons why the party gave the candidate. Ultimately, the party chooses the candidate but the final result is in your hand, the voter. We will be strict and when the elections are announced, we will launch an app," Chandra said.

 
  

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    The problem is good people don't join Politics ...

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    How hard is it to get ‘Clean Chit’ from court for a party???……If the candidate gets clean chit then where is taintedness legally??????…….

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  • Bobato Charlie, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    In the next election, BJPs declaration for Modi will be: We have chosen Narendranath Damodardass Modi aka Butcher of Gujarat as our candidate, because he has blood on his hand and can fake anything and there is no one on earth who can fake like Modi our beloved Fekumaster. Some of the things Modi has successfully faked and caused him to have a huge a following of blind bhakts (andhbhakts) are: • Modi took birth twice – first on 29th August 1949 (on his degree) and second on 17th September 1950 (available in public domain). • Modi, who was born in 1950, sold tea at the age of 6 years in Vadnagar railway station, But Vadnagar only had tracks passing through it. The actual railway station was built in 1973, when Modi was 23 years old. • Modi was underground during emergency but did his graduation from Delhi University in 1978. • Modi did Masters of Entire Political Science from Gujarat University in 1983 without the graduation certificate from Delhi University. • Modi is the only person in the world who has Masters’ Degree in the Entire Political Science. Even Professors of Gujarat University came to know of this course after 2014. • Modi took admission in the Masters’ of Entire Political Science degree alone, gave the exam alone, and took the degree alone. So far, no student or professor has claimed to have studied with Modi. • Even before the introduction of computers in India, Modi’s degree was printed by a computer. Before Modi’s degree in 1978 and even 10 years thereafter, degrees were hand written by the University staff. The font that was patented by Microsoft in 1992, was used to print Modi’s degree in 1978. • Modi’ degree was printed on a Sunday, when offices were closed. Jai Hind!

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    Obvious answer : There isn't any choice.

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    Dear CEC, will any party say that they have any tainted candidate????…….People are not spy agencies to know the back ground of each and every candidate. You should be having all the information about any particular candidate from any party, so please disclose it to the voters then voters will decide. Please act like a middleman between voters and a candidate like BJP has put a middleman between people and thier right to get converted willfully and within thier rights.

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  • Amaze, Karkala

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    More work for BJP ....yeregyave kirikiri

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  • El En Tea, Mangalore

    Wed, Dec 22 2021

    Now big tension to the ruling party.

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