“There are many more parties which have not contested any election and they should be deregistered, but unfortunately, the Election Commission does not have the power to deregister any party which we have been demanding for a long time. There should be an electoral reform by an act of parliament,” he added
The Election Commission of India (EC) will soon write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) informing it about its decision to delist 200-odd political parties. A list containing details of the delisted parties will also form part of the communique that the EC will send to the CBDT in “the next few days” for action.
These political parties, many of which, EC officials suspect, could be nothing but money-laundering operations, are parties which have not contested any election since 2005 and exist mostly on paper.
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(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:eci.nic.in)
