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          At the same time, thereafter, in 1990, the Goswami Committee was constituted and they also rejected the idea of compulsory voting.  Again, in 2001, the NCRWC Committee was constituted on Electoral Reforms and they also rejected this move of compulsory voting.  Finally, in the Tarkunde Committee, this issue was again raised and a Committee was constituted and they also opined that ‘no compulsory voting can be permissible and it cannot be implemented.’  They also said that ‘there are so many practical difficulties in implementation of compulsory voting.  We can do it by way of persuasion as well as by political education.’           Similarly, in 2004, the then hon. Member of Lok Sabha, Shri B.S. Rawat moved the Bill and in 2009 also, the then hon. Member, Lok Sabha, Shri J.P. Aggarwal  moved the Bill.  It was discussed and debated in Parliament, and finally it was withdrawn.  Even before the Supreme Court in 2009, again this issue was raised in Atul Sarode Case versus Union of India; and it was dismissed by the Supreme Court.  In Gujarat recently, for the election of local bodies, municipal corporation, municipal boards and for panchayats, this Bill was assented by the Governor of Gujarat.