THREE candidates from the municipal corporations of Vadodara and Rajkot were disqualified on February 8 under the two-child policy in Gujarat for electoral candidates. The nominations were challenged because each candidate had three children.
The election officer of Ward 15 of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) rejected the nomination of Dipak Shrivastav, a two-term corporator and son of BJP MLA Madhu Shrivastav. Dipak had filed his nomination as an Independent after the BJP denied him a ticket. He has three children, including one “adopted” by his father just before the polls were announced.
Independent candidate Viren Rami, a sitting corporator from VMC Ward 9, was also disqualified after BJP candidate Shrirang Ayare contended that he had stated the names of only two biological children. The nomination of Naran Savseta, Congress candidate for Ward No 4 of Rajkot Municipal Corporation, was also rejected on the same ground.
The order of the election officer cited Section 10 of the Gujarat Provisional Municipal Corporation Act, 1949, which was amended on August 4, 2015, and lays down that any candidate with more than two living biological children must be disqualified from contesting polls.
In 2005, the Gujarat government amended the Gujarat Local Authorities Act to “prevent a person having more than two children to be a member of panchayat, or the councillor of a municipality or municipal corporation”. The amendment also added the clause to the other Acts governing elections to local administrative bodies such as the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, and the Gujarat Panchayats Act.
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