Editorial With Sujit Nair | '5 Yrs For Ruling Party, 5 Months For Oppn': MP HC Raps State Govt | EC

In this episode of Editorial, HW News' Managing Editor Mr. Sujit Nair discusses the scathing remarks made by Madhya Pradesh High Court bench regarding the disclosure of assets of BJP MLA and cabinet minister Govind Singh Rajput, where a writ petition was filed by a petitioner Rajkumar Singh alleging that Rajput had concealed six properties while filing his nomination form 26, thereby violating Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act. The state counsel argued, "In March they made a complaint...In July we sent a report...Its only been five months. In Representation of Peoples Act, there is a provision that election petitions should be decided in six months. They are decided in five years,". To this, the bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf orally remarked; "Don't take such a stand that because election petitions take 5 years. We know why they take five years...because there is a ruling party. If its a losing party, if its not a party in power, it will be decided in five months". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices