New Delhi: Political parties today reacted cautiously to a Supreme Court verdict holding that citizens have the right to reject candidates contesting polls with CPI (M) saying that the judgement has led to an “abnormal situation” that needs to be corrected.
Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken said the judgement needs to be studied to see if the apex court has taken all aspects like overwhelming number of negates votes into account as reacting on the spur of the moment could be a little premature.
Implementation of the verdict will be difficult and it may create many problems, another party leader Rashid Alvi felt.
BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “We are in favour of electoral reforms. 25-30 years back we used to have elections once in five years but now we have elections every four months in some state or the other.
“To say whether this decision is right or wrong now would be hasty. Anything can be said only after studying the judgement,” he remarked.
