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(g) (Referring to Rajiv Gandhi), wife Christian, mother Hindu, father a Parsee and therefore himself without any (Hindu) culture/teaching (vevarsi).

Pramod Mahajan).

18. The petitioner states that the proceedings of the said meeting were tape-recorded and taken down in shorthand by the police authorities. The petitioner craves leave to refer to and rely upon the said tape-recorded speeches and the speeches taken down in shorthand by the police authorities."

31. In fact the speakers went on to say that on the respondent being elected and on the said alliance establishing a Hindu Government, we will give jobs to all Hindus. The petitioner craves leave to refer to and rely upon the election diaries maintained by the local police stations, the speeches recorded by the Special Branch-I on audio cassettes, video cassettes and the speeches recorded in Marathi shorthand. The petitioner also craves leave to refer to and rely upon the press reports of the said meetings.

In para 16 of the election petition apart from some general pleading, there is reference to a speech at Shivaji Park, Dadar on 24.2.1990 by Bal Thackeray and some other leaders who have not been named therein except for the appellant (respondent in the election petition). In para 17, the alleged offending portions of the speeches of those leaders of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance have been enumerated. These portions are from speeches alleged to have been made by Bal Thackeray of the Shiv Sena and Pramod Mahajan of the B.J.P. Thus para 17 contains allegation of specific portions of speeches by Bal Thackeray and Pramod Mahajan for the purpose of pleading the corrupt practice. Further reference to it would be made later. Para 18 merely says that the proceedings of the meeting were tape-recorded and taken down in shorthand by police authorities on which the petitioner would rely. Obviously this relates only to evidence of what is pleaded and does not amount to incorporation by reference of the contents of the alleged tapes and there is no enumeration of its contents in the election petition. Para 30 refers to the speech by the appellant himself and names some other speakers at different meeting. Further reference to para 30 would be made later. Para 31 is a general statement referring to speakers in general without naming any one of them and mentions the existence of certain audio and video cassettes of the speeches. Paras 32 and 33 then refer to certain video cassettes and audio cassettes giving merely the title of the video cassettes and generally their purport and say that the video cassettes were displayed in the constituency, particularly at Shaka offices, street corners after 6.30 p.m. and were regularly exhibited at or near the places of residence of some of the active workers of the said alliance in the said constituency. It is significant that neither these video cassettes and audio cassettes nor the transcript of their texts was reproduced in the election petition or annexed to the election petition so that the contents thereof were not pleaded in either of the required modes. That apart, there is nothing in the pleading to indicate the names of the persons who are alleged to have displayed the same or the dates on which they were displayed or in other words any other fact which would make the allegation clear and specific. The further requirement of consent of the returned candidate for those acts is not pleaded as required for the ground under Section 100(1)(b) of the R.P. Act and in the definition of the corrupt practices under sub-sections (3) and (3A) of Section