Wayanad is the constituency of MP and Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi which became vacant after he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha.
Amid the row over the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha MP, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday that the Election Commission (EC) was in no rush to declare a by-election in Wayanad.
Wayanad is the constituency of MP and Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi which became vacant after he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha.
On Wednesday, the CEC said that since the magistrate’s court had given Gandhi 30 days to appeal the conviction for a legal challenge, the commission will wait before making any further orders on the matter.
“We have six months to hold a by-election after a seat becomes vacant. The magistrates’ court has granted 30 days for a legal remedy. So we will wait,” CEC Rajiv Kumar said.
The EC said this when announcing the dates for the Karnataka Assembly elections. Kumar confirmed that the electoral body was informed on March 23 that the seat had become vacant and that according to the Representation of the People Act, it has six months to organize an election.
First post: March 29, 2023 1:19 p.m. STI
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