#CMJosephVijay‌'s election case

Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan (appearing for the CM) says non disclosure of assets cannot be placed on same footing as non disclosure of criminal antecedents

Sankaranarayanan: The voter knows that my client is wealthy. If he's wealthy, the que is additional worth, can we equate that to criminalisation of politics? For whom would it make difference?

Sankaranarayanan: There may be some voter who might think they'll not vote for Vijay if he has more than 650 crore assets. Then the election petitioner has to show that these are the voters who were affected (by non disclosure)

 Counsel for voter says the moment assets are not disclosed, it constitutes offence under S. 123 of RP Act. Any direct or indirect non-disclosure is an offence, he adds

Voter: Non-disclosure of assets cannot be put in a different pedestal than non-disclosure of criminal antecedents. If any substantial property is left out, it will also come under undue influence.