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<!--emo&:angry:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Plea against Lalu: Can a sitting MP contest from another LS seat?
12 Mar 2008, 0809 hrs IST,TNN
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NEW DELHI: Can a politician, while being a member of the Lok Sabha, contest the election to the same House from another constituency? This interesting question has been raised before the Supreme Court in a petition accusing railway minister Lalu Prasad of getting elected to Parliament violating election rules.
Advocate P C Sharma, whose petition was dismissed by the Allahabad high court On jurisdiction ground, said that Lalu Prasad contested elections to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Madhepura and Chapra constituencies in Bihar.
The election to Chapra was countermanded by the Election Commission on the ground of large-scale booth capturing and rigging, but Lalu got elected to Lok Sabha from Madhepura. He took the oath as MP from Madhepura on May 26, 2004.
However, the election to Chapra was held on May 31, 2004, a clear five days after he got elected as MP from Mad hepura and on June 2, 2004, Prasad was declared elected to the Lok Sabha, the petitioner said.
12 Mar 2008, 0809 hrs IST,TNN
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NEW DELHI: Can a politician, while being a member of the Lok Sabha, contest the election to the same House from another constituency? This interesting question has been raised before the Supreme Court in a petition accusing railway minister Lalu Prasad of getting elected to Parliament violating election rules.
Advocate P C Sharma, whose petition was dismissed by the Allahabad high court On jurisdiction ground, said that Lalu Prasad contested elections to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Madhepura and Chapra constituencies in Bihar.
The election to Chapra was countermanded by the Election Commission on the ground of large-scale booth capturing and rigging, but Lalu got elected to Lok Sabha from Madhepura. He took the oath as MP from Madhepura on May 26, 2004.
However, the election to Chapra was held on May 31, 2004, a clear five days after he got elected as MP from Mad hepura and on June 2, 2004, Prasad was declared elected to the Lok Sabha, the petitioner said.