Jagan Mohan Reddy
'Inherently anti-democracy': ECI blocks Jagan Mohan Reddy's alleged YSR Congress permanent prez bid
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has categorically rejected and underscored its "no tolerance" policy in connection with the selection of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as permanent president of the YSR Congress Party, media reports said.
The Commission sent a notice to Andhra Pradesh's YSR Congress Party over allegations that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had been made its permanent president.
The poll body stated that "any attempt or even a hint of any organisational post being of permanent nature" in any political party is "inherently anti-democracy".
"Any action which denies the periodicity of elections is in complete violation of the extant instructions of the Commission," the letter read.
"The Commission after considering all the above materials, has ordered that Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party be directed to conclude the internal enquiry at the earliest and make a clear and categorical public announcement contradicting the said media/newspaper reports," the ECI directed.
The EC says at least five notices were sent to the YSRCP since July 19, 2022 and the party's delay in responding "adds credibility to the allegation".
The ECI later stated that if not categorically contradicted, it has the potential to create confusion in other political formations of such a move being sanctioned by it.
the EC expressed concern that this can "assume contagious proportions".
The media had reported that the party was amending its constitution to have a permanent president.
EC requires the political parties to conduct elections within a specific time frame to choose a president.
A party can be derecognised if it failed to conduct regular elections.
On August 23, the party had said in a communication that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had been elected president.
It wasn't conveyed if he had been elected as the "permanent president''.
On September 11, the party admitted that media reports had emerged suggesting that Jagan Mohan Reddy would be made the "permanent president'' and had said an internal enquiry would be done.
The Commission has now ordered the "Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party be directed to conclude the internal inquiry at the earliest and make a clear and categorical public announcement contradicting the said media/newspaper reports so as to put the possibility of such a confusion at rest."
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