Discussion
Consider the following statements:
1. The Representation of the People Act (PPA), 1950 allows a political party to submit a list of star campaigners to the election authorities.
2. Expenditure incurred on electioneering by all the star campaigners must be added to a candidate's poll expenditure.
3. Section 12 of RPA 1951 gives explicit powers to the Election Commission to deregister political parties
Which of the statements given above are incorrect?
Answer: A
All three statements are incorrect.
1. Star campaigners are provided for in Section 77 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, not the 1950 Act, which deals with electoral rolls and the allocation of seats.
2. Travel expenses of a party's star campaigners, within the permitted number, are not added to a candidate's election expenditure; that is the point of the provision.
3. The RPA 1951 registers parties under Section 29A, and the Supreme Court has held that the Election Commission has no general power to deregister a registered party; Section 12 gives no such power.
Since every statement is wrong, the options naming only some of them are incomplete.
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