{"id":45828,"date":"2025-07-09T18:43:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=45828"},"modified":"2025-07-09T18:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:13:35","slug":"election-commission-issues-show-cause-notice-to-8-registered-unrecognized-political-parties-sibin-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/election-commission-issues-show-cause-notice-to-8-registered-unrecognized-political-parties-sibin-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Commission Issues Show Cause Notice to 8 Registered Unrecognized Political Parties: Sibin C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Election Commission Issues Show Cause Notice to 8 Registered Unrecognized Political Parties: Sibin C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Proceedings initiated for delisting due to non-participation in elections since 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandigarh, July 9:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C informed that the Election Commission has issued Show Cause Notices to 8 registered unrecognized political parties which have not contested any election to the House of the People or any State Legislative Assembly, including by-elections, since 2019. The Commission has proposed to delist these parties from the list of registered political parties under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He said that the the parties who have been issued notices includes All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhabi Dal,\u00a0 Bhartiya Muhabbat Party (All India),\u00a0 Civil Rights Party,\u00a0 Democratic Congress Party,\u00a0 Democratic Swaraj Party,\u00a0 Phule Bharti Lok Party,\u00a0 Rashtriya Jagrook Party and\u00a0 Sada Punjab Party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to Commission records, these parties have not set up any candidates in elections over the past six years and their current addresses are also not known. In view of this, the Commission has concluded that the said parties appear to have ceased to function as political parties under the provisions of the Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Before proceeding with delisting, the Commission has given these parties an opportunity to submit a written representation, along with an affidavit from the President or General Secretary and supporting documents, by 15th July 2025. A hearing has also been scheduled on 23rd July 2025, which must be attended by the party President, General Secretary, or Head of the Party.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sibin C said that if no reply is received by the stipulated date, it will be presumed that the party has nothing to state in the matter, and the Commission will take appropriate action without further notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election Commission Issues Show Cause Notice to 8 Registered Unrecognized Political Parties: Sibin C &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Proceedings initiated for delisting due to non-participation in elections since 2019 Chandigarh, July 9: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C informed that the Election Commission has issued Show Cause Notices to 8 registered unrecognized political parties which have not contested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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