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Should ministers resign before polls?

Source: PTI
January 22, 2005 17:37 IST
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Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishna Murthy on Friday suggested that ministers, except a few important ones in each state, should resign when assembly elections are announced for the state.

He said the step would strengthen the electoral system.

Murthy was speaking at a workshop on electoral reforms in New Delhi.

"Perhaps the chief minister, finance minister and the home minister could continue in office and all others could resign," he suggested.

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Seeking a political consensus on the issue, he said the commission felt that the party in power took undue advantage in state assembly polls.

Suggesting some revisions in the electoral system, he said criminals against whom charge sheets have been framed well ahead of elections should be prevented from contesting.

"This is not denial of any fundamental right. This is only a suspension of a statutory right until the person is cleared of the charges," Murthy added.

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