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Make hay while the sun shines: 30 MEP candidates go missing after pocketing party fund!
April 21, 2018
Bengaluru: In an interesting development, 30 MLA candidates of All India Mahila Empower Party (MEP) have gone incommunicado after receiving fund from the party to contest elections.
MEP has so far finalised the names of 221 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. Among them 30 candidates have gone missing after taking lakhs of money from the party, Kannada’s leading channel Focus TV has reported. But the news channel has not given any information on the exact amount paid by party to its candidates.
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MEP, headed by prominent businesswoman Dr. Nowhera Shaik, was launched at The Lalit in New Delhi on 12 November 2017. The prime agenda of the party is empowering women, irrespective of caste, creed and region.
The party has taken up the issue of women’s representation in the Parliament, demanding the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill. The party also intends to contest in the parliamentary elections across the country in 2019. But its inability to choose loyal candidates has marred its prospects in the beginning itself.
MEP spokesperson could not be reached for a comment.
