India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Political Parties (National/State/RUPPs) in the country are registered with the ECI under the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act 1951.
Under provisions of the Act, any association once registered as a political party, gets certain privileges and advantages such as symbol, tax exemptions amongst others.
Guidelines for registration of Political Parties mention that if the party does not contest elections continuously for 6 years, the party shall be taken off the list of registered parties.
As part of a comprehensive and continuous strategy of the Election Commission to clean up the electoral system, ECI has been conducting a nationw...