Varun Gandhi moves bill in LS to recall MPs, MLAs for non-performance
March 01, 2017  18:58
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Voters should be able to control the political narrative in the country rather than being part of it only once in five years, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today said, asserting the right to recall is an idea whose time has come.
He has moved a bill which proposes that MPs and MLAs may be recalled if electors are not satisfied with their performance.
Maintaining that it is not fair in the democratic system that electorates suffer in silence as mute spectators, the MP from Sultanpur said, "Voters should control the political narrative in the country rather than being part of it  only once in five years."
He has proposed a Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which says that MPs and MLAs may be recalled within two years from being elected if 75 per cent of those who voted for them are not satisfied with their performance.
"This bill attempts to give electors an opportunity to lead and control the political narrative so that the electorate feels part of the process and is not relegated to being part of the narrative only once in every five years,"
Varun told PTI.
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