New Delhi : The Central Election Commission has withheld the Lakshadweep by-election even as the bypoll notification was due for release tomorrow, the 31st. The EC’s move comes in the wake of Supreme Court’s verdict in favour of MP Muhammad Faisal.
Backdrop : On 11 Jan, the Kavaratti Sessions court sentenced MP Muhammad Faisal to 10 years in prison for his involvement in the conflict during the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in which a Congress worker was injured. Things thereafter moved in quick succession. The Lok Sabha Speaker disqualified Faisal as parlimentarian on the 13 and the Election Commission on 18th announced by-election.
