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Gadkari hails Gujarat's decision to make voting mandatory in local body elections | Newly elected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday hailed the decision of Gujarat
Government to make voting mandatory in State's local body polls. Gadkari described the decision
of the Narendra Modi led State Government as a step towards strengthening
democracy,
and demanded that efforts should be taken to introduce the amendment at the
national
level as well. "I appeal to the Parliament Speaker Meira Kumar, Chairperson of
UPA, Sonia Gandhi, and honourable Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to call the
Opposition,
and hold discussions on the Gujarat government's decision on election amendment,
and also on other issues," Gadkari said. The Gujarat Assembly on December 19
passed
a bill on mandatory voting in local body polls. 'The Gujarat Local Authorities
Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2009' makes voting compulsory in all local body elections
in the State. Absentee voters will be summoned by the local election officer to
submit a valid reason with proof within a month. Gadkari also expressed concern
over the situation prevailing in Andhra Pradesh over the issue of separate statehood
for Telangana, and blamed the Centre for further fuelling the agitation. "The
way the Congress has tackled the Telangana issue, it has only fuelled the agitation
further, instead of aiding the formation of separate state. The situation is not
good there (in Andhra Pradesh). And I feel that the way Congress has dealt with
the issue in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress and the country will have to pay a big
price for it in the future. It has mishandled the situation and I can only express
sorrow at it," said Gadkari. |
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