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The Disqualification Debate

Law and Politics

Locating Rahul Gandhi’s “disqualification” within the legal-constitutional frameworks en­ables us to generate evaluative questions for thinking about constitutional democracy: What are the objectives of disqualification and how integral is it to achieving accredited and nor­mative standards of democracy?

Ujjwal Kumar Singh acknowledges the support received from the University of Delhi under the IoE project on Electoral Integrity and the Model Code of Conduct.

Locating Rahul Gandhi’s “disqualification” within the legal-constitutional frameworks en­ables us to generate evaluative questions for thinking about constitutional democracy: What are the objectives of disqualification and how integral is it to achieving accredited and nor­mative standards of democracy?

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Updated On : 1st Aug, 2023

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