The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission on a petition seeking direction to the Commission to seize the election symbol and de-register the political parties, which promise cash and other irrational freebies from public fund before election. The plea, filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, also sought a direction to the Central government to enact a law in this regard. The petitioner referred to a decision of the Samajwadi Party, which is a registered and recognised political party, to field alleged gangster Nahid Hasan from Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana Assembly seat for next month’s elections. Upadhyay claimed that Hasan filed his nomination, even as the party did not disclose about his criminal antecedents either on its website or through print or social media. The petition referred to a February 13, 2020 order of the top court, which made it mandatory for political parties to disclose the list of candidates with criminal antecedents alon...
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