 bill no  72 of  2010 the representation of the people (amendment) bill,  2010 byshri j p agarwal,  mp a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first  year of the republic of  india  as follows:—short title and commencement1  (1) this act may be called the representation of  the people (amendment)act, 2010(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint543 of 19512 in the representation of the people act, 1951, in part iva, after section 29a, thefollowing section shall be inserted, namely:—| insertion    | of      ||--------------|---------|| new          | section || 29aa        |         |''29aa notwithstanding anything contained in this act or any other law, bye-law, rule or order for the time being in force,—10restriction on the registration of politicalparty to contest election(i) the election commission shall not register or give recognition as a nationalpolitical party or a state political party, as the case may be, to any association or body of individual citizens of india calling itself a political party, if such association or bodyof individual citizens uses the name of any religious deity or the word 'sena' in its name; and(ii) no person shall be eligible to contest any election if he is a member of an association or body of individual citizens which uses the name of any religious deity or the word 'sena' in its name"5 statement of objects and reasonsour republic which was founded on the principles of democracy and secularism is now facing serious challenges from religious fanaticism and communal forces political parties are using the name of venerable deities or the word 'sena' in their names which is not in consonance with the spirit of our constitution all our deities are sacred and one cannot ignore the fact that venerable deities like lord rama, shiva, vishnu, hanuman, mahavira, prophet mohammed and others belong to the whole mankind rather than to any particular individual or party  people worship them with great reverence and devotion thus, people's sensibilities get offended when organizations or parties are formed using the name of gods to contest electionssimilarly, the expression 'sena' too belongs to the whole nation rather than to any particular individual or party and it symbolizes our honour all citizens hold our armed forces in high esteem and look up to them with great respect if the term 'sena' is allowed to be used by organizations or political  parties, the morale of our armed forces will get affected therefore, in such a situation, it is not appropriate to use the term 'sena' in the name of parties or organizations contesting electionswe are a democratic republic and if these tendencies are allowed to grow, they have the potential to damage the concept of india as a pluralistic nation therefore, it is necessary to bring forward a legislation to prevent any person or organization or political party, which uses the name of any venerable deity or the expression 'sena' in its name from contesting elections to either house of parliament or state legislaturesthe proposed amendment to the representation of the people act, 1951, seeks to fulfil the above objectives lok  sabha———————— a billfurther to amend the representation of the people act, 1951————(shri jp agarwal, mp)gmgipmrnd—2963ls(s4)—16-07-2010