I don't know why, but I took some time to hunt out the list of candidates
who are competing for the Legislative Assembly seat in my constituency. The
site that helped me was:
(Warning: This may not be an official website of the government).
As the next step, I wanted to see the affidavits filed by candidates in
my constituency. They need to share information on their wealth, education,
involvement in court cases if any. The following URL is supposed to give that information.
But when I selected Karnataka candidates, it said
Server Error in '/' Application.
The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The
resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been
removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the
following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /ge2009affidavits/ge2009affidavits.aspx
Requested URL: /ge2009affidavits/ge2009affidavits.aspx
That is absolutely clear, isn’t it? Like a law-abiding citizen, instead of griping
about such things, I saw the affidavits of candidates in a few other
constituencies like Karimnagar. What difference does this make anyway? Candidates
in one constituency are very much like candidates in others!
Having worked in the computer field, I have a doubt though! Many
computer applications land in trouble if you enter numbers beyond the range
that the programmer has provided for. Perhaps, the Election Commission should
ask its programmers to review if they have provided for an adequate number of
digits for candidates to report their assets. The fact that these numbers could
fit during the last election does not mean they will fit this time. You can get
an idea of these numbers involved by looking at
No one can say India is not a rich and prosperous
nation. Jai Hind!
Srinivasan Ramani
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