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Right to Recall: Will It Work in India?
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 20 October 2011, 03:38 IST   |    8 Comments
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The rattled government seemed to have bowed to Anna's demands with Law Minister Salman Khurshid agreeing to place the proposal for consultation at an all-party forum on electoral reforms. However, he said 'right to reject' candidates during elections was a more practical idea than the 'right to recall' an elected member. "I think the right to reject is a smaller and more manageable idea but not entirely without problems. But the right to recall is a larger and more difficult idea." He also demanded the civil society that cries to the right to recall, to explain that under what circumstances and in which manner a lawmaker should be recalled. Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi raised objections to the proposals and said, "It is not possible in India, it will destabilize the country. Everywhere there is discontent, people will start recalling." "Our main fear is that if we start rejecting all candidates, we will have another election and people already complain of election fatigue," he argued in a television interview. "It is not possible at all in India, which is a large country. It is there in smaller countries like Switzerland. It can be there in a panchayat election, but not in bigger elections," CEC said. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come in support of this controversial electoral reform and said, "If there is a practicable possibility and scope, he would like to implement the system of right to recall in his state."

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