SC rejects Cong plea against separate RS bypolls

June 25, 2019 11:54

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition by the Congress against holding separate bypolls to two seats in Gujarat that have fallen vacant after BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani moved to the Lok Sabha.

The Election Commission has fixed July 5 for the separate Rajya Sabha by-elections to the two seats. The petition was filed by the Leader of the Opposition in the Gujarat assembly, Pareshbhai Dhanani.

The Congress said that holding the elections for the two seats separately would be against the rules. The poll body opposed the Congress's request saying that it can't approach the top court under Article 32 of the Constitution.

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