It was not any sudden realization. The Supreme Court in September 2013 issued an opinion that EC should not have any blank spaces for the candidate filing papers under penalty. Modi had no recourse but to fill in the space otherwise EC was empowered to reject his papers and would have exercised the powers.
The expectation was he would leave it blank and they could declare him out of action. He flummoxed them by filling in the space.
And now they look like fools.
Anyway a public interest group is planning to file a case of violation of OSA and Constitution based on Sanjay Baru's checked-out PM and his remote controller.
The expectation was he would leave it blank and they could declare him out of action. He flummoxed them by filling in the space.
And now they look like fools.
Anyway a public interest group is planning to file a case of violation of OSA and Constitution based on Sanjay Baru's checked-out PM and his remote controller.