New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Retired Justice SN Dhingra has moved the Delhi High Court against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Indian National Congress (INC) over their political promises to distribute cash to the voters in the upcoming Assembly polls, alleging that it falls within the meaning of "corrupt practices."
The PIL refers to AAP's "Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana", BJP's "Mahila Samridhi Yojna" and Congress' Pyari Didi Yojna" wherein the parties have promised cash benefits to the voters if they are elected to power. A direction is also sought on BJP, AAP and Congress to desist from collecting personal and electoral data of voters and not to share or use the same to any third party.
The petitioner argues that...