CEC Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said separate instructions are being prepared to help implement the Supreme Court order disallowing seeking of votes on religion, caste and creed during the ensuing Assembly polls.
"The law department of the Election Commission is preparing instructions based on the Supreme Court order. The order will further strengthen the hands of the commission and it wants all political parties to follow the order of the SC on their own as well," he said.
In a landmark verdict, seeking to separate religion, caste and other issues from politics, the Supreme Court, by a majority verdict, had held as "corrupt" the practice of candidates appealing for votes on the basis of these identities included not only him but his agents and voters. The court held that the provisions of the Representation of People Act 1951, which say that seeking vote by a candidate in the name of "his" religion, caste, race, religion and language in the election law, included candidates, his agents and voters also.