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Varun Gandhi attacks Election Commission, calls 'toothless tiger'

by IBNS 13 Oct 2017, 11:23 pm

New Delhi, Oct 14 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi attacked the Election Commission of India on Friday, calling it a "toothless tiger" for not derecognising political parties which have failed to produce their poll expenditure details on time, media reports said.

Gandhi, while delivering a speech at a university, said: "One of the biggest problems is the problem of the Election Commission which is really a toothless tiger. Article 324 of the Constitution says it (EC) controls and supervises elections. But does it really do that?"

"It does not have the power to file cases once elections are over. It has to go to the Supreme Court to do so," the BJP leader was quoted by media.

Gandhi's comments came a day after the opposition has alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pressuring the EC to keep the announcement of the dates of Gujarat assembly election on hold for political motives, scheduled to take place this year.