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Supreme Court rules that Political parties can't be prevented from making poll promises


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New Delhi, August 17:  Supreme Court rules that Political parties and individuals cannot be prevented from making poll promises aimed at fulfilling the constitutional mandate and the term freebie should not be confused with genuine welfare measures.

Apex Court observing that the voters are not looking for freebies,  but we all must remember the good old saying: ‘There is no free lunch'.

A bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana including justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli is mulling and setting up an expert panel to brainstorm the issue of freebies announced during elections.

It said that the issue of regulating freebies is “getting increasingly complicated” and asked all the stakeholders to give their suggestions on the proposed panel while fixing the PIL for hearing on August 22.

But on Tuesday, the Aam Aadmi Party, in its additional submissions, said that targeting and regulating electoral speeches will amount to “nothing more than a wild-goose chase” if the concerns are over fiscal deficit due to the promises of freebies made during polls by political parties

 


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