Probe Agency Against Bail To Maharashtra Leaders For Rajya Sabha Polls

Wednesday, 8 June 2022newsdesk

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday opposed the pleas of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and minister Nawab Malik seeking one-day bail to vote in the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections, saying prisoners don't have the voting rights under the Representation of the People (RP) Act.

New Delhi, 08 June 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Mr Deshmukh and Mr Malik, both NCP leaders who are currently lodged in jail in connection with different money laundering cases, had sought temporary bail from a special court last week to vote in the RS polls. In its reply, the ED told the special court that Mr Deshmukh is the main accused in the money laundering case registered against him and is currently in judicial custody after being arrested in November last year. "Further, it is pertinent to mention that prisoners do not have voting rights under the Representation of People (RP) Act," the probe agency said, adding that, hence, the said application is liable to be rejected at the very threshold.

Source -NDTV