49(o) Rule "None of the Above"

As per the 1969 act, in section “49-O” that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn’t want to vote anyone. Rule is....

49-O. Elector deciding not to vote.-If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly entered in the register of voters in Form-17A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to record his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in Form 17A by the presiding officer and the signature or thumb impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remark.

That means…

If a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that Particular ward has received “49-O” votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them. This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way; of our whole political system. It is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public….

Plastic Bottels could be Dangerous for Health

Martin Wagner and Jorg Oehlmann From Goethe University, Frankfurt am main, Germany, analysed the Bottled mineral water. They suggested that plastic mineral water bottles contaminate drinking water with estrogenic chemicals and these chemicals are potent in vivo and result in an increased development of embryos in the New Zealand mud snail. This is the first time that any research team have shown that substances leaching out of plastic food packaging materials act as functional estrogens (female sex hormone). In addition, Canadian researchers at the University of Guelph have found the leaching of Bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used in making plastics containers, might be responsible for impairing many brain functions such as learning and remembering. They also fear that it could be a factor behind Alzhemer’s, Schizophenia and depression.