Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Young Panthers urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to declare the election of Raipur-Domana constituency from where Bali Bhagat has been elected as MLA, as null and void. Addressing a press conference Vilakshan Singh, State general secretary of Young Panthers said that as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court of India, any person contesting Assembly election has to file a duly sworn affidavit in the format (Form 2D) prescribed by the ECI. But the so called affidavit filed by the Bali Bhagat alongwith his nomination paper is not at all signed by him and as such said affidavit is no affidavit in the eyes of law thereby rendering his nomination papers liable to be rejected and his election liable to be declared as null and void, he added. Singh said that such unsigned affidavit should not have been accepted by the Returning Officer but it appears that the Election Commission has been very soft towards the BJP candidates as is evident in the present case. He urged the Election Commission to keep the faith of people of Jammu in the Commission and declare the election of Bali Bhagat as null and void. Among others present were Shanker Singh Chib, provincial secretary JKNPP, Rajesh Gondhi, district general secretary Jammu Urban and Vikas Kotwal.
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