Parliamentary Debates. Parliemant of India. Official Report. Part II - Proceedings other than Questions and Answers

Speaker: I have to inform the should be as few restrictions as possi- louse that up to the time fixed for re- ble on the right to vote and on the eiving nominations for the Council of right to stand as a candidate. [...] Speaker: I have to inform the should be as few restrictions as possi- louse that up to the time fixed for re- ble on the right to vote and on the eiving nominations for the Council of right to stand as a candidate. [...] The logic underlying these restrictions is not the logic of democracy as embodied in the Constitution, but the logic of a pettifogging morality, a logic of cheap demagogic economic radicalism, a logic that exhibits a lamentable lack of faith in the robust commonsense of the people which forms the solid founda- tion of our democracy. [...] I hope the House will devise some amendment to this Bill so that the mere disqualifica- tion that the name of the candidate is not on the electoral rolls may be re- moved, at least in the case of candi- dates. [...] In regard to the election expenses, I would suggest that the maximum limit in respect of the House of the People of the Central Parliament should be Rs.