After Election Commission of India (ECI) had on February 9 dismissed a complaint filed by Zeneisilie Ate Loucii seeking deregistration of Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), Delhi High Court has now sought response from the ruling party and ECI on the issue.
Reliable sources informed Nagaland Post that the High Court had listed the hearing on April 9. Sources said after ECI had dismissed her plea, the petitioner approached the High Court challenging the commission’s order. The court saw merit in the case and is reported to have observed that the ECI order was wrong.
Accordingly, the case was admitted on February 27 and the court issued notice to both ECI and NDPP. In its order on February 9, ECI had stated that after hearing both the complainant and the respondent’s plea that there was no supporting evidence to prove that its members (NDPP members) were also members of NPF.
Mentioning that there were more than 2,200 registered un-recognised political parties in India, besides the recognised national and State parties, the commission had observed that in a multi-party system, it was not uncommon for members of one political party to cross over to another.