Want to contest local polls in Guj? First install toilet at home

November 11, 2014 00:33

Aspirants for elections to local bodies, including municipal corporations in Gujarat, will now have to prove that they have toilet facility at their homes or they will not be able to contest. T

he Legislative Assembly today unanimously passed the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014, making it mandatory for every aspirant who want to contest elections to district, taluka, village, panchayat, municipality and municipal corporations to first prove that he/she has a toilet facility at home as per the new amendment made in the existing law.

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