New Delhi: Amidst the demands made by civil society members, led by Gandhian Anna Hazare, for electoral reforms like the introduction of ‘Right to Recall’ or ‘Right to Reject’in the electoral rules, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi has said these reforms are not practical in India.
In an interview to a TV channel, Mr Quraishi said including clauses like the ‘Righ
t to Reject’ or ‘Right to Recall’ may not work in a large country like India.
“I am absolutely against the ‘Right to Recall’. It’s not possible at all in India. It will derail and destabilise the country. Everywhere discontented people will start recalling,” Mr Quraishi added.
On the demand made by Team Anna for inclusion of the Right to Recall, he said, “Right to recall means about 5 lakh people will have to sign the application to recall, then we will have to verify those signatures, even as we have a case in our court right now, one party has split with 250 affidavits on each side.
- It is maddening to find out which signature is bogus.”
