December 29 is the Lakshman Rekha for civic elections: Lawyer’s allegation – What is the Bihar government doing on reservation, not getting information

After the order of the Patna High Court, the difficulty of the government has increased regarding the civic elections. Now the government has two big challenges. On one hand, where reservation has become a neck bone, elections have to be held by December. After the decision of the Patna High Court on reservation, now the Bihar government is preparing to go to the Supreme Court. While the Election Commission is busy preparing for the new notification. The entire process of civic elections is to be completed completely by December, in such a situation, there is a churning going on to find a middle way.

Know why the challenge is to hold elections by December

In the year 2017, the first phase of civic elections was held on 21 May while the second phase was held on 4 June. The counting of votes for the first phase was done on 23 May and the second phase on 6 June. The process was completed before the scheduled time on June 29. Now there is a lot of delay from the scheduled time for the election. In such a situation, by December 29, 2022, the election of the municipal body has to be completed in any case.

Experts say that if the elections are not held on time, it will be difficult for the government. The Patna High Court has told the Commission during the hearing regarding the reservation matter that the elections have to be held on time. Along with this, the decision of the Supreme Court in the issue of reservation has to be followed completely.

What do experts say

Patna High Court’s senior advocate Shashi Bhushan Kumar Mangalam says that he had informed the court on behalf of the petitioner in the matter of reservation that the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in civic elections in Bihar is being ignored. It was on such grounds that the High Court gave its verdict, after which the court postponed the election. Now preparations are being made again for the election.

They say that the government has to conduct elections on time. The court has also asked the commission to conduct elections regularly. In such a situation, preparations are being made for the election. Notification will be issued again. But there is no information about what the government is doing regarding the issue of reservation. At present, the government has said that it will go to the Supreme Court regarding the decision of the Patna High Court. We will raise our voice in support of Patna High Court’s decision at every level.

Learn about the case in detail

Notification has been issued regarding the civic elections in Bihar, the date of the election has been fixed. As soon as the date of voting was final, the candidates became fully active in the election field. The candidates, who were in full preparation with promotional material worth lakhs of rupees, also took full advantage of the festival season, but a decision of the court silenced the activism of the candidates.

Some candidates reached the Supreme Court with the issue of reservation and from there the matter came to the Patna High Court. In the Patna High Court, many people petitioned together and, making the basis of the reservation issue, demanded that elections be held on the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision. The Patna High Court, while hearing the matter, gave the decision in this matter, in the decision, the direction was given regarding the matter of reservation while postponing the election. After this, there is a churning going on in the matter regarding the election.