AAP welcomes SC verdict wholeheartedly

The Aam Aadmi Party today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict that outlawed appeal for votes on the ground of "religion, race, caste, community or language".
The party said the verdict, if taken in the right spirit, would strengthen democracy even as it appealed to its rivals to keep religion and politics separate.
"AAP has always been against the tendency of the established parties to divide voters and society on religious and casteist lines. We welcome the verdict wholeheartedly.
"It should be taken it in the right spirit towards strengthening democracy and we should try to keep religion separate from politics," AAP Delhi Convener Dilip Pandey said.

In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court today held that any appeal for votes on the ground of "religion, race, caste, community or language" amounted to "corrupt practice" under the election law provision.