Disqualify Ashok Chavan

EC slaps notice on Ashok Chavan over paid news

In first of its kind order with far reaching implications, the Election Commission has asked senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Shankarrao Chavan to respond as to why he should not be disqualified under section 10A of Representation of People Act, 1951.

Section of 10A RPA on `Disqualification for failure to lodge account of election expenses’ says, “If the Election Commission is satisfied that a person—a) has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by or under this Act; and (b) has no good reason or justification for the failure, the Election Commission shall, by order published in the Official Gazette, declare him to be disqualified and any such person shall be disqualified for a period of three years from the date of the order.

Chavan was recently elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Nanded. If the former Maharashtra CM is disqualified by the EC, it may have an impact on his Lok Sabha membership also.  

Digamber Bapuji Patil (born 1 February 1952) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented Nanded constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He unsuccessfully contested from Nanded in 2014 General elections against Ashok Chavan of Congress.

1. Ashok Chavan................ 493,075
2. D. B. Patil....................... 411,620 

We, the people of India need to thank Ashok Chavan; let Ashok Chavan be the model for the future generation.

Ashok Chavan challenged and the Representation of People Act and highlighted its defects. We need to thank Ashok Chavan for risking his political career; and improving the quality of Indian democracy.

Disqualification is just one part of the solution; still there is an other part remains unanswered.

Who will then represent the Nanded constituency in the parliament?

Are we going to have another fresh election?

It is going to cost more tax-money of the hard-working Indian citizens.

So, let us not have a re-election.

Let us make the second person in the list as the new representative of Nanded constituency.

In that way, we save the tax-money.

This will make the people also more responsible in electing their representative. In that way, people with moral character will go to the parliament and will work for the nation.