Observing that the five guarantee schemes announced by the Congress in its election manifesto cannot be termed as ‘corrupt practices’ as per the apex court’s verdict on the promises made in election manifestos by political parties, the High Court of Karnataka has dismissed a petition challenging the election of Rizwan Arshad from Shivajinagar Assembly constituency in the elections held last year.
Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty passed the order while rejecting the petition filed by B. Lakshmidevi, a voter of Shivajinagar constituency in Bengaluru.
In the present petition, the High Court pointed out that the allegation of corrupt practice against Mr. Arshad was solely based on the election manifesto published by the Indian National Congress.
