The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that “distribution of freebies inevitably leads to future economic disaster", supporting a public interest litigation (PIL) against the practice of political parties promising handouts during elections.
The fresh stand of the central government before a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana assumes significance as earlier it had said the issue of freebies needed to be dealt with by the Election Commission.
The poll panel, however, had put the onus on the government during the July 26 hearing.
The bench on Wednesday asked all stakeholders, including the Centre, Niti Aayog, Finance Commission and the RBI to brainstorm the issue of freebies promised during elections and come out with constructive suggestions to deal with it.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the government supported the PIL.
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