Oneindia: National: Sunday, September 17, 2017.
In its reply
to a query under Right to Information Act, the Election Commission of India has
agreed to release video of the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections. The ECI has also
agreed to release the copy of the returning officer's report on Congress'
objections.
The ECI,
responding to an RTI query by one, Paras Nath Singh, has said that it can
release a video recording of the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections in a CD format
upon payment of Rs 50. A certified copy of the report filed by the returning
officer with regard to the objections filed by the Congress party on the day of
the elections is also available for public consumption, according to the ECI.
The five-page report is accessible under RTI. The RTI also seeks information on
the Congress party's objections to the returning officer, 167 pages in total
over the elections that say Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel win
in a dramatic way.
The RTI query
also reveals that the BJP had not filed any written complaint in the matter
before the Election Commission. However, the petitioner has been asked to seek
the same from the returning officer cum secretary of Gujarat legislative
secretariat. On Wednesday, the Election Commission of India told the Supreme
Court that elected representatives as voters in the Rajya Sabha polls were not
bound by law to vote in the manner desired by their parties. The affidavit was
filed in response to a plea by the Gujarat Congress challenging the
introduction of NOTA in the Rajya Sabha polls held recently in the state.
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