Three state Chief Electoral Officers have asked Rahul Gandhi for formal oath on his claims. Lok Sabha LoP Thursday alleged ECI was colluding with BJP to ‘steal’ elections.
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as MP day after sentencing in defamation case, Azam Khan as member of UP assembly a day after he was sentenced in hate speech cases.
Ram Shankar Katheria was sentenced to 2-yr jail in a 2011 assault & rioting case. Court points to lacunae in Representation of the People Act, while mentioning delay in conviction.
Currently, candidates must be at least 25 years old. Panel also recommends harsher punishment for making false declarations from six-month jail to a maximum of two years & fine.
Section 8(3) of the Representation of People Act came into effect in the case of the Gandhi scion after a Surat court sentenced him to two years in jail in a defamation case.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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