
Bihar election to be first test of Supreme Court order on criminal politicians
Saturday, February 15, 2020, 8:39 AM
With SC asking the political parties to upload details of the pending criminal-cases against their candidates, and also the reasons for fielding those with criminal antecedents, all political parties have a fresh reason to add check-boxes to their candidate-selection-process. The criminal antecedents would cover pending charges, not just conviction. The SC directive assumes significance in the view of assembly-election in Bihar later this year.
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