New Delhi: The Supreme Court clearly announced the date of Raja Sabha elections in Gujarat which is going to be held on August 8th and also told that NOTA (None Of The Above) option will be available in Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday and rejected the Congress request to put it on hold, congress and BJP have both opposed NOTA because it allows a voter to reject all candidates instead of voting to any one of them. The Congress had said in the Supreme Court that ‘It was against the nation of indirect elections’, “there is no constitutional condition for NOTA in the Rajya Sabha polls and no order from the Election Commission”.
The Election Commission had refused to analysis its decision to have NOTA, saying it was not a “new trend” it was already introduced in the year 2014, The Congress objection to NOTA is being seen in the circumstance of its prestige battle in Gujarat and declares that NOTA, which will be available for the first time in a Rajya Sabha election, is an attempt to influence the result in Gujarat. Ahmed Patel tweeted in the twitter that, First Rajya Sabha election was postponed. Second NOTA was allowed post notification, Reasons best known to the Election Commission.