Edited Version Published in HT Imagine that the BJP-led Government at the Center were to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Representative of People’s Act mere days before the next Lok Sabha elections commenced to establish eligibility criteria for candidates. Would the Indian polity countenance this usurpation of the Legislature’s domain even though the BJP commands “brute majority” and could technically get the amendments passed anyway? Could the ruling Party seek to justify the move in its apparent legality or even merits of the amendment? This is precisely what has happened in the state of Rajasthan and the series of bizarre justifications advanced by the national spokesperson of BJP, GVL Rao in various fora.
Unconstitutional but legal?
Unconstitutional but legal?
Unconstitutional but legal?
Edited Version Published in HT Imagine that the BJP-led Government at the Center were to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Representative of People’s Act mere days before the next Lok Sabha elections commenced to establish eligibility criteria for candidates. Would the Indian polity countenance this usurpation of the Legislature’s domain even though the BJP commands “brute majority” and could technically get the amendments passed anyway? Could the ruling Party seek to justify the move in its apparent legality or even merits of the amendment? This is precisely what has happened in the state of Rajasthan and the series of bizarre justifications advanced by the national spokesperson of BJP, GVL Rao in various fora.