IndiaNewsWatch<p>How Modi Government and Election Commission Provided Safety Net for Convicted Ally</p><p>Prem Singh Tamang Golay was convicted of corruption and should have been disqualified from contesting an election for six years. But the Narendra Modi-led Union government repealed a key clause in the Representation of the People Act, allowing the BJP ally to become Sikkim’s chief minister.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sikkim" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sikkim</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PremSinghTamangGolay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PremSinghTamangGolay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conviction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conviction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionCommision" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionCommision</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ECI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ECI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SDF</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RahulGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RahulGandhi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disqualification" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disqualification</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thewire.in/politics/sikkim-golay-disqualification-rahul-gandhi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewire.in/politics/sikkim-gol</span><span class="invisible">ay-disqualification-rahul-gandhi</span></a></p>