Now Mamta Banerjee to contest simultaneously from two assembly (?)

Bureau,Odishabarta

Now Mamta Banerjee to contest simultaneously from two assembly-constituencies – Provisions must be changed to avoid unnecessary by-polls.

Delhi:It refers to West Bengal Chief Minister announcing to contest from two assembly-constituencies in forthcoming elections to state-assembly. It has become an unholy fashion of top political leaders to contest from two constituencies or for both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha even though he or she can represent just one constituency. Urgent poll-reforms should be made whereby a person may be allowed to contest only from one constituency that too either for Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha. Rather a sitting MP or MLA must resign from earlier before filing nomination for the other seat. An MP or MLA should automatically lose membership of the House just on taking oath as minister in the state or at the center rather than being allowed to retain membership of the earlier House for six months. One single controversial vote in Lok Sabha by the then Odisha Chief Minister Girdhar Gomango pulled down the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government at the Centre. Any legislator resigning in mid-term should not be allowed to contest any election for at least next six years. To give real value to NOTA and todiscourage vote-splitters, all those getting less votes than NOTA should be barred from contesting any election for next six years. It will further make political parties to filed good candidates.

Input;Ms.Madhu