Contest Polls
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EC favours lifetime ban on convicts from contesting polls
India | Mar 21, 2017, 06:56 AM ISTThe Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court on Monday that it is in favour of barring convicted persons from contesting polls for life and stopping their entry into judiciary and the executive. Currently, this ban is for six years.
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Parliament passes bill allowing those in jail to contest polls
National | Sep 06, 2013, 10:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Negating a Supreme Court order, Parliament today passed a bill that maintains the right of those in jail to contest polls, with the government saying the court verdict was wrong and the Legislature
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Anna Hazare says, will not contest polls, but support honest candidates
National | Jul 28, 2012, 02:16 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 28: On Day 4 of Team Anna's indefinite fast, social activist Anna Hazare told his supporters today that he was not in favour of contesting elections, but would like his team to
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Myanmar Junta Leader Than Shwe Will Not Contest Polls
World | Oct 28, 2010, 12:30 PM ISTHANOI, Oct 28: Myanmar's top leader Gen. Than Shwe will bow out of national elections next month, but his role in the country's political future remains unclear, a Southeast Asian diplomat said Thursday.The diplomat, speaking