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ELECTION RULES FOR NATIONAL, PRANTS AND
BRANCHES OFFICE BEARERS: 2012-13
A.
ELECTION RULES FOR NATIONAL OFFICE BEARERS
1. Article 31(B) of the Constitution empowers the National
Governing Board to elect the following four office bearers:-
1. National President. 2.
National Working President
3. National Secretary General 4. National Finance Secretary
2. N.G.B. shall consist of the following and they form the
Electoral College as per Article 30 of the Constitution:
a. All members of the National Executive.
b. All members of the Zonal Executive.
c. Presidents of All the Prants having 6 or more branches.
d. General Secretaries of all Prants.
e. Treasurers of the Prants having 25 or more branches.
f. Organizing Secretaries of Prants having more than 50
branches.
g. Members nominated by the Apex Body.
3. A meeting
of the National Governing Board shall be called at least two months prior to
expiry of the term of elected National Office Bearers to elect the office
bearers for the next term.
4. Such
elections shall be conducted in the meeting of the national governing board
under the
supervision of National Election Committee, constituted under rule 13 of the
Rules of the Parishad.
5. The candidates except the President must possess the following
qualifications:
a. He/She must be a member of Bharat Vikas Parishad continuously at least
for the last
ten years.
b. He/She must be a National Office Bearer at least for current four
years
continuously.
6. The
nominations for the post of Working President, National Secretary General and
Finance Secretary will be proposed by any member of National Executive and
seconded by any member of National Governing Board. However, the name for the
post of President be proposed and seconded by any member of the Apex Body only.
7. All the candidates must be physically present in the election
meeting.
B. ELECTION RULES FOR PRANTS
Procedure
1. The election will be held for the posts of President, General Secretary and
Treasurer in all Prants, except those having less than 6 branches.
2. The
Returning Officer for the election will be nominated by the Zonal Election
Officer appointed by the National Election Committee with the consultation of
Zonal Chairman, and his name will be sent to the Central Office and to the
Prantiya General Secretary up to 15th December.
The Returning Officer should not be from the same Prant.
3. (a) The last date for holding elections shall be 31st
January. However, in case of exceptional circumstances, maximum one month’s
extension may be granted by the Zonal Election Officer.
(b) If the elections are not completed even upto 28th February the
election meeting shall be called by Returning Officer/Zonal Secretary and
elections shall be completed by 31st March.
(c) If it is not possible to complete elections even by 31st March, the
office-bearers shall be nominated by Zone with the approval of the Centre.
4. (a) The
election will take place in the meeting of the Prantiya Council as it existed
on 31st December . The General Secretary of the Prant / Returning Officer shall
issue 15 day’s notice for this meeting.
(b) The date
and place of the election meeting shall be decided well in time. The Prantiya
General Secretary shall intimate the same to Returning Officer
and Zonal Secretary latest by 31st December.
5. The General
Secretary shall prepare the list of eligible voters as on 31st December and
shall send it to the Returning Officer and Zonal Secretary by 7th January.
6. The quorum for the election meeting shall be one-fourth of the
total strength of the members of the Prantiya Council, having voting rights.
7. An eligible voter may either propose or second any one
candidate only. No candidate shall propose or second any other candidate for
any post.
8. The candidate must be physically present in the election
meeting and express his/her willingness for his/her candidature.
9. In case of two or
more candidates proposed for one post, the election will be conducted by secret
ballot and in case of equal number of votes polled to two or more candidates for
the same post, the result will be taken by draw of lots.
10. (a) Any objection at the time of election shall be decided
by the Returning Officer. Any member aggrieved with the decision of the
Returning Officer, may file an appeal within one month to the Chairman National
Election Committee, who shall decide the same within one month.
(b) The decision of the National Election Committee will be final and
binding upon all concerned and shall not be called in question in any court of
law.
ELIGIBILITY FOR VOTERS
11. All the
members of the Prantiya Council constituted under Article 17 read with Article
18 & 19 of the Constitution of the Parishad, which are as under, shall be
eligible to participate and vote in the election:
(i) The Presidents, Secretaries and Treasures of all the branches.
(ii) All the nominated delegates of the branches having members exceeding 50.
(iii) All members of Prantiya Executive Committee.
(iv) All the Presidents & Secretaries of District Committee
(v) All the members of National and Zonal Executive who are members in any
Branch of that Prant.
EXPLANATIONS
(a) As per Article 17
(ii), the Branch Executive is entitled to nominate one delegate for every
additional membership of 50 or part thereof, to the Prantiya Council.
(b) As per
rule 27 of the by laws of the Parishad, the number of the Executive Committee
members including office bearers at Prant level shall not exceed the number of
branches in the Prant. Therefore, where there are more members of the Prant
Executive, only members of the Prant Executive mentioned in clause (iii) above,
shall be entitled to participate in the election proceedings and vote, as many
branches, as existed on 31st December and for the purpose the list of the
members will start from bottom to top continuously. If any one among those
members is absent or otherwise not eligible to vote he/she will not be
substituted by another person.
(c) No Office Bearer of the District Committee which is
established in violation of the constitution shall have the voting
right.
(d) No person will
have a right to more than one vote for one post in any circumstance.
12. Only those
members of the Prantiya Council shall participate in the election meeting, whose
names have been verified from the records of the Central Office as on 30th
September.
13. A member shall be
eligible to vote only if he/she has paid all his dues by 30th
September and his branch is also eligible to participate in the election
meeting.
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(a) In case of old Branches, only those branches will be eligible to participate
in the election:
(i)
which
have been constituted up to 30th September;
(ii)
which have
paid their full Prantiya and Central subscriptions according to the membership
as on 30th September; and
(iii)
which have
sent the list of all their members to Central Office latest by 30th September.
14(b).
In case of new Branches, only those branches will be eligible to participate in
the election:
(i) which have been constituted up to 31st December;
(ii) which have paid their full Prantiya and Central subscriptions according
to the membership as on 31st December;
and (iii)
which have
sent the list of all their members to Central Office latest by 31st December.
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CANDIDATES
15. Only that member can be a candidate:
(i) who is a member of
the BVP continuously for complete 4 years,
(ii) who has been a member of Prantiya Council / Executive for at least one
complete year excluding the current year,
(iii) whose branch is eligible to participate in the election proceedings.
16. No member shall be eligible to be elected as an
Office-Bearer in the following circumstances:-
(i) If he has been convicted for an offence
involving moral turpitude, or
(ii) If he is an office-bearer of a political party, or
(iii) If he is addicted to any intoxication, or
(iv) If he is guilty of "not handing over charge or not rendering
accounts" as an Office-Bearer at any level at any
time, or
(v) If he has been found guilty of committing financial
irregularities at any level at any time, or
(vi) If he has not paid all his dues upto 30th
September, or
(vii) If he will attain the age of 75 years as on 31st March, or
(viii) If he is found indulging in any undesirable activities or
(ix) If he is designated as Chief Patron/Patron at any level.
17.No Office-Bearer shall be allowed to contest for the same post
for the third term.
C. ELECTION RULES FOR BRANCHES
Procedure
1. The election will be held for the posts of President, Secretary and
Treasurer in all
branches, except those constituted on or after 1st October. In such
branches the sitting
/ working office-bearers shall continue.
2. The Prantiya
Election Officer in consultation with the Prantiya President will nominate the
Returning Officer for the election of the office bearers of the Branches and
inform the branch Secretary up to 31st December. The Returning Officer shall
not be the member of the same branch. The Prantiya Election Officer will be
nominated by the National Election Committee.
3. (a) The last date for holding elections shall be 28th
February. However, in case of exceptional circumstances, maximum one month’s
extension may be granted by the Prantiya Election Officer.
(b) If it
is not possible to complete elections even by 31st March, the Administrator
shall be nominated by the Prantiya Election Officer in consultation with the
Prantiya President, who will ensure that the elections are held within a month.
4. (a) The
election will take place in the meeting of General Body as it existed as on 31st
December. For this meeting 10 days notice shall be issued by the Returning
Officer / Branch Secretary.
(b) The date, time and place of the election meeting shall
be decided well in time by the branch (in consultation with the Returning
Officer) and the Branch Secretary shall intimate the same to the Returning
Officer and to the Prantiya Election Officer by 31st January.
5.The Branch
Secretary shall prepare the list of eligible voters as on 31st December and
shall send the same to the Prantiya Election Officer and to the Returning
Officer before 31st January.
6. The quorum for the election meeting shall be one-fourth of the
total strength of the members of the branch having voting rights.
7. An eligible voter may propose or second any one candidate for
one post only. No candidate shall propose or second any candidate for any post.
8. The candidate must be physically present in the election
meeting and express his/her willingness for his/her candidature.
9. In case of two or
more candidates for one post, the election will be conducted by secret
ballot and in case of equal number of votes polled to two or more candidates for
the same post, the result will be declared by draw of lots.
10. The Returning
Officer may take the help of any senior member for conducting the election, if
he needs. The person conducting the elections will not have the voting right.
11.(a) Any objection at the time of election shall be decided by
the Returning Officer.
(b) Any member
aggrieved with the decision of the Returning Officer, may file an appeal within
one month to the Prantiya Election Officer, who shall submit his report to the
Zonal Secretary for final decision.
(c)The decision of the Zonal Executive Committee will be
final and binding upon all concerned and will not be called in question in any
Court of Law.
ELIGIBILITY FOR VOTERS & CANDIDATES
12. A member shall be eligible to vote only if he has paid all his dues up to
31st December.
13. The candidate
must be a member of the same branch at least for one complete financial year.
14. No member shall be eligible to be elected as an Office Bearer
in the following circumstances:
(i) If he has been convicted for an offence
involving moral turpitude, or
(ii) If he is an Office-Bearer of a political
party, or
(iii) If he is addicted to any intoxication, or
(iv) If he is guilty of “not handing over charge or
not rendering account”
as an Office Bearer at any level, at any time, or
(v) If he has been found guilty of committing
financial irregularities at
any level at any time, or
(vi) If he has not paid all his dues up to 31st
December, or
(vii) If he will attain the age of 75 years as on
31st December, or
(viii) If he is found indulging in any undesirable
activities, or
(ix) If he is designated as Chief Patron/Patron at
any level.
15. Office-Bearer may hold the same office normally for two terms
only.
16. Although husband and wife both have individual votes, but
only one of them can contest the election at a time.
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