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Right to reject and elect new candidate will give power to the people to express their discontent. Election Commission of India CONTEXT An advocate has moved the Supreme Court for a direction that fresh elections should be held in a constituency where NOTA (‘None of the above’ option) garnered the maximum number of votes. Besides, none of the candidates who lost to NOTA should be allowed to contest the fresh polls. Views of the Advocate  If the electorate has rejected the candidates by voting for NOTA, the parties should be barred from fielding them again in the fresh polls. The parties should accept that the voters have already made their discontent loud and clear. Right to reject and elect new candidate will give power to the people to express their discontent. Right to reject will check corruption, criminalisation, casteism, communalism. Parties would be forced to give tickets to honest and patriotic candidates. Right to Reject The ‘right to reject’ was first proposed by the La...

 On 26/11 day, he says nation fighting terror now with ‘new policy and new process’ Narendra Modi, PM of India CONTEXT PM recently again pitched for ‘ One Nation, One Election ’, saying it is the need of the country as elections taking place every few months hamper development works. This was suggested at the recently held 80th All India Presiding Officers Conference. He also suggested that only one voter list should be used for Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and other elections. What is ‘One Nation, One Election’? It refers to holding elections to Lok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, Panchayats and Urban local bodies simultaneously, once in five year. But, what are the challenges posed by frequent elections? Massive expenditure. Policy paralysis that results from the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct during election time. Impact on delivery of essential services. Burden on crucial manpower that is deployed during election time. Puts pressure on political parties, especially sm...

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, will be the official languages in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. MoS G Kishan Reddy speaking in Lok Sabha (Screengrab via LSTV) Introducing the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said it was a demand of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the language they speak should be the official language. The minister pointed out that 53.26 per cent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir speaks the Kashmiri language. Reddy said, "26.64 per cent of the population of the UT speaks Dogri while Urdu, which is currently its official language, is spoken only by 0.16 per cent population there. Still, for the last 70 years, Urdu continues to be the official language of Jammu and Kashmir," he said, adding that 2.36 per cent population in the UT speaks Hindi. Opposing the bill, National Conference MP Hasnain Mas...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi. (Image | The Hindu) It protects defaulting companies from insolvency proceedings for at least six months Context:      Both the houses of Parliament passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, which provides that insolvency proceedings against defaulting companies will not be initiated for at least six months starting from March 25. Merits of the amendments to IBC IBC is not a recovery law -  The creditors, including MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), had several other options to recover their claims. The proposed amendments, brought in the form of an Ordinance on June 5, suspended the application of three provisions to prevent any company, stressed due to the COVID-19 situation, from being pushed into insolvency proceedings. A provision for further extension of six months has also been given. The initial six-m...

Amended Bill target political opponents, minorities, say Opposition MP The Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 on Monday even as the Opposition raised concerns that the legislation may be used to target political opponents and religious minorities. Nityanand Rai Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, who introduced the Bill on behalf of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, defended making Aadhaar a mandatory identification document for all the office bearers of an NGO or an association seeking foreign donations. He said the 2018 Supreme Court order allowed the government to make a separate law in areas where Aadhar card is required. “A law can be brought to make Aadhar mandatory. Why some functionaries can hide their identity,” Mr. Rai asked. Supriya Sule of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) attacked the government on limiting administrative expenses drawn from foreign donations to 20% as against the current 50%. “How have you reached this magic ...