CHANDIGARH: Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C informed that the Election Commission has issued Show Cause Notices to 8 registered unrecognized political parties which have not contested any election to the House of the People or any State Legislative Assembly, including by-elections, since 2019. The Commission has proposed to delist these parties from the list of registered political parties under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
He said that the the parties who have been issued notices includes All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhabi Dal, Bhartiya Muhabbat Party (All India), Civil Rights Party, Democratic Congress Party, Democratic Swaraj Party, Phule Bharti Lok Party, Rashtriya Jagrook Party and Sada Punjab Party.