Two Be Or Not Two Be: Section 33(7) Of Representation Of Peoples Act 1951

Recently there has been news about Congress President Rahul Gandhi considering Wayanad as a second seat to contest Lok Sabha polls. Inserted through an amendment in 1996, the provision aimed at limiting the number of seats from which one could contest elections from. However, Section 70 of the Act provides that if a person is elected to more than one seat in either House of Parliament or in the House or either House of the Legislature of a State, then s/he would have to resign from all but one seat within a prescribed time. This provision comes in conflict with 33, and even when one gets elected to two seats, s/he cannot continue to represent both and shall have to resign from at least one.