PIL opposing Ministers using govt funds for polls junked

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL opposing the practice of Ministers, at State as well as national level, using the government machinery and funds in election campaigns for their parties. A Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V.K. Rao dismissed the petition saying it pertained to guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India (EC) and asked the petitioner to approach the poll panel. “Go to the Election Commission. We are not entertaining it. Dismissed,” the court said. The order came on a plea by B.R. Harish Babu who had contended that once elected to power, the Ministers, whether at the Centre or in States, owed allegiance to the citizens of the country and not to their respective political parties. In his petition, he had also claimed that the Election Commission’s “Model Code of Conduct guidelines specifically provide that the State government and the Central government shall not misutilise any public funds nor make use of the government machinery for the purpose of election rally and campaigning.”

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