Right to recall may destabilise structure: Advani

Differing with Team Anna, BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday disfavoured the introduction of the right to recall saying it may destabilise the whole structure in a country as big as India.

Differing with Team Anna, BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday disfavoured the introduction of the right to recall saying it may destabilise the whole structure in a country as big as India.

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"I am inclined to agree with the chief election commissioner that in a country as vast as ours, it (right to Recall) may have consequences which may destabilise the whole structure," he told reporters here today.

Chief election commissioner SY Quraishi had recently said that the right to recall could destabilise the country.

Advani also said nowhere in the world had such a measure been enforced.

"Therefore, it is not surprising that nowhere in the world except in one small country somewhere, has the right to recall been accepted," he said.

Team Anna has been vigorously campaigning in favour of right to recall which has not found favour with the Election Commission of India as well.

Advani, however, favoured electoral reforms in the country especially measures that could help stop use of blackmoney in elections and criminalisation of politics.