New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday asked its top official in Tamil Nadu to register cases against AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha for allegedly filing false affidavits in the 2001 assembly election.
Jayalalitha filed nominations from four constituencies but allegedly said in affidavits that she was contesting from two places. A candidate can contest from a maximum two constituencies.
The Commission’s Returning Officers in Bhuvanagiri and Pudukottai will file cases against Jayalalitha, who could be imprisoned for six months if the allegations against her are proved.
The Madras High Court, while hearing a case filed by DMK MP C Kuppusamy, on June 13 had ordered the Commission to take action against Jayalalitha in six weeks.
"Persons holding high offices/positions should be role models to the general public and if they venture to commit flagrant violations of the rules and laws made, that too knowingly, as in this case, it should not be taken lightly, sending wrong signals to the public that laws are meant only for the general public and not for the bigwigs, who can go scot-free," the court had said.
“It is a clear case of furnishing false information before a public servant by Jayalalithaa, it squarely falls under section 125-A (II) of the Representation of the People Act and definitely an electoral offence”
Jayalalitha filed nomination papers from Krishnagiri, Pudukottai, Andipatti and Bhvanagiri in but as her papers were rejected in all the four constituencies on technical grounds.
Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami had earlier said: "If the High Court has said that action should be taken within a specified period, we will do that."
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