The Congress had created an uproar in both Houses of the Parliament on Wednesday though Union Minister Arun Jaitley said the raid had nothing do with the Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls. While speaking to the media on Sunday, Congress has alleged that BJP is trying to "buy" Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections and has offered a bribe of Rs. 15 crore to each MLA for the goal.
Parmar has challenged the Election Commission's notifications and the Assembly's circular dated August 1, which make the "None Of The Above" (NOTA) option applicable to this year's Rajya Sabha elections, which are to be held on August 8.
While the old guard has given up hope for a marked revival in the party's fortunes anytime soon and recommend a "wait and watch till BJP's undoing takes place on its own", the young and restless in the party seek 'change'.
The petition urges the Supreme Court to strike down as void the notifications and circular issued by the Election Commission and the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. JN Singh also revealed that all Congress MLAs have been provided police security as instructed by the poll panel.
The Congress Party moved the apex court against the decision of the poll body on August 2. "Reasons best known to the Election Commission", Ahmed Patel said in a tweet.
"NOTA makes the very system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote nugatory and otiose and can not be made applicable in Rajya Sabha Elections". Patel is the man who has been credited for the Congress' two major victories in the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 and 2009.
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In many cases, Austrac said, the deposits were broken into amounts small enough to avoid triggering the bank's reporting obligation.
Shivakumar was in-charge of hospitality for all 44 Congress Gujarat MLAs in Bengaluru, who were sent out of Gujarat by Congress.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani assured on Saturday that the situation with regard to floods in the districts is under control. Giving a statement in Rajya Sabha, he had said that according to the information received from the I-T department, officials went there just to nab "one particular individual", referring to the Karnataka minister. However, it now fears that some MLAs may still vote for the NOTA option and bring its tally further down.
In the Rajya Sabha polls, the MLAs have to show their ballot paper to an authorized party agent before putting it in ballot box.
Since the NOTA option has been added to the election if any lawmaker defies the party and chooses to vote for NOTA the lawmaker can not be disqualified.
The department has said that it is investigating Shivakumar in a case of alleged tax evasion and huge undisclosed investments in real estate, jewellery and other sectors.
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