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.
The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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