 bill no lxix of  2010 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2010 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by the parliament in the sixty-first year of  the republic of india as follows:—short title1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment)  act, 2010 2  in part iva of the constitution, after article 51a, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article 51bduty of candidates and political parties during elections"51b it shall be the duty of every political party and candidate, whether such candidate is set up by any political party or not, to ensure that votes are not sought in the name of any religion, religious symbol or by inciting religious feelings of the people in any election to the house of the people or legislative assembly of a state or union territory or any local body" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsit has been observed that during elections, some political parties and candidates seek votes in the name of religion or by inciting religious feelings it will have an adverse effect on the society, if such trend continues it is, therefore, necessary to put a check on such moves by amending the constitutionit is, accordingly, proposed to make it a fundamental duty of every political party and candidates, to ensure that votes are not sought by them in any election in the name of religion or by inciting religious feelings although the violation of the duty is not punishable under the existing system of constitution, the political parties and candidates will be morally bound by such provision in the constitutionthe bill seeks to achieve the above objective hence this billmohan singh———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri mohan singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—6704rs(s3)—28022011