Ahmedabad, November 18: The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions from the court for senior BJP leader L K Advani to pay attention to his Parliamentary constituency Gandhinagar. A division bench of Justices M S Shah and S D Dave dismissed the PIL yesterday filed by K D Pandya, saying that it was “misconceived”.
Eighty-year-old Pandya in his PIL had said that before Advani expresses his loyalty to his party, he should be loyal to the electorate of Gandhinagar. MPs in India take important decisions without consulting the electorate and there is no participation on part of the citizens in the decision-making process, he said.
Hence, the MPs should be directed to take a referendum before taking important policy decisions, he said. The petitioner said that Advani could build an electorate forum in his constituency, which could deliberate on various issues and recommend solutions to the MP..
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