A former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) had described elections as ‘the dance of democracy,’ but unfortunately, according to the present CEC, ‘four Ms’ money, muscle power, misinformation and Model Code of Conduct violations, threaten to spoil the tone of the coming elections.
The petitioners have sought to restrain the Central government from going ahead with the appointment of two Election Commissioners.
The second meeting of the Congress party's Central Election Committee (CEC) will be held at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi on Monday evening, party sources said.
The maiden meeting of the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) to deliberate on the names of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be held on Thursday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will take strong action if any ‘partisan attitude’ among the bureaucracy is found during the poll process, warned Mr Kumar.
The former Supreme Court judge was noting the 'disturbing features' that happened in the country this year including "raids on BBC, and recent judgment of the top court on Article 370 abrogation".
The CEC and ECs will be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of a Selection Committee.
A meeting of the Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) was held here on Friday to discuss names of candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Telangana.
Ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections on November 30, the Congress's poll in-charge Manikrao Thakare held a screening committee meeting on Wednesday.
At a Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of the party, party president Kharge Mallikarjun claimed that the people of the northeastern state are looking for a change.
