New Delhi. All political parties promise to provide free schemes if they win the elections. On the petition filed against this, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government and the Election Commission and sought their response. In the petition filed in the Supreme Court, it has been appealed that announcing free schemes by political parties during elections should be considered as bribery. Many petitions have already been filed in the Supreme Court in this matter. In the latest petition, the court has been appealed to direct the Election Commission to take immediate effective steps to stop promises related to free schemes during elections.
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Center and Election Commission of India on a plea seeking direction that promise of freebies, made by political parties during the run-up to elections, be declared as bribes.
Supreme Court also tagged the petition along with pending cases.… pic.twitter.com/xDghxkImJ4
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Let us tell you that the process of announcing free schemes was first started by the Aam Aadmi Party, which contested the Delhi Assembly elections. Aam Aadmi Party had promised the public to provide free electricity and water if the government was formed. At the same time, earlier in the southern states, many candidates and parties were seen making promises of giving gold jewelery and TV sets to woo the voters from time to time. Last year, Congress had announced the implementation of free schemes during the assembly and then Lok Sabha elections of many states. BJP also announced the implementation of free schemes at the time of elections. The special thing is that PM Narendra Modi himself has called the announcement of free schemes as a major reason for disturbing the economic condition of the states.
According to the law, elections cannot be contested in India on the basis of caste, religion or any kind of inducement. If any such allegation is proved against any candidate, he can be banned from contesting elections. In such a situation, now everyone’s eyes will be on the decision of the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court bans the promises of political parties to implement free schemes, then in the elections all parties will have to promise to implement development and other public welfare schemes. Although it is difficult to come to a decision on this quickly, the court has started taking the initiative by seeking answers from the Central Government and the Election Commission.
