In an editorial today, The Hindu calls for the invocation of Rule 24 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, to prevent the delimitation notification (which redraws the constituencies) from being used as a ruse to delay the assembly elections in Karnataka due by May 28:
“Delimitation in Karnataka has resulted, in an overwhelming majority of cases, either in one taluka becoming an Assembly constituency or one of the circles being taken away from a taluka for the rest of it to become a constituency. Further, all wards have been kept intact in municipal areas. In a minority of cases, a circle has been broken up between two constituencies. Only in Bangalore will the ‘cut and paste’ task need substantial time, perhaps a month.
“If the Election Commission immediately announces its resolve to hold Karnataka Assembly elections by the due date, it should have a clear 40+ days to do its democratic duty. By invoking Rule 24, it will put an end to unsavoury efforts to force a postponement of the contest through the instrumentality of delimitation. In addition to being anti-democratic, any avoidable delay beyond May could lead to uncharted constitutional areas.”
Read the full editorial: Hold Karnataka elections in May
alla swami churumuri-yavare,
is it worth reporting only when its a news in The Hindu? is anything true only when it is published in The Hindu? is it worth discussing only when its an editorial in The Hindu?
you are becoming an e-version of The Hindu!
keep it up! let the lal-jhanda fly high!
I assume that you agree with what the editorial says.
@Pragmatic, I don’t know about your computer, but when I scroll down on mine, I seem to seem links from Indian Express, Telegraph, Deccan Herald, Praja Vani, CNN-IBN, The Hoot. And this is just on the home page. Maybe you should hit the “Refresh” button.
@ PK, I did hit the refresh button, but the editorial piece somehow comes from the commie paper odd coincidence isnt it ???
also , ….what does the sentence ‘…any avoidable delay beyond May could lead to uncharted constitutional areas’ mean?, the editor of this paper being the custodian of huge wealth of wisdom and knowledge could have explained this more. Does it mean that the parties gets denotified, the electoral rolls gets cleansed ???
I propose that elections be held after the Bangalore-Mysore Intercity Highway is completed so that there is no more mucking around by mannina maga & family
elections should be held in may. kannadigas want to get rid of the thakur darbar at the earliest.
JD S is gaining strength ,they are peaking at the right time. kumaraswamy coming back to active politics is great news for karnataka politics.
congress– if they don’t grant classical language status ,party will suffer.
bjp—may end up with 75-80 seats.
dr Ramesh, what if Thakur is replaced with some (congress) Mannina Maga. You happy? fail to understand why you are promoting your politics and religion here!