Proposed Election Commisioners selection Bill ploy to rig 2024 LS election: TMC

10 Aug 2023 Evaluate

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) today alleged that a new bill that seeks to regulate the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners is a ploy to rig the 2024 Lok Sabha (LS) poll as the BJP is afraid of the united INDIA alliance.

According to the bill listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha, future chief election commissioners and election commissioners will be selected by a three-member panel headed by the prime minister and comprising the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and a cabinet minister. On March 2, the Supreme Court judgment said the panel should comprise the prime minister, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and the chief justice of India. 

TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale called it is an attempt to rig the general election in 2024. Gokhale said this is a clear step towards rigging the 2024 elections after fear has been struck into BJP's heart by the united INDIA alliance. He added that Modi government has again brazenly trampled upon an SC judgment and is making the Election Commission its own bunch of stooges. TMC leader Sushmita Dev said it is yet another attempt to control an institution which must be independent. While, Congress general secretary organisation K.C. Venugopal hit out at the government over the bill, calling it a ‘blatant attempt at making the Election Commission a total puppet in the hands of the PM’. He also appealed to all democratic forces to oppose the proposed legislation.


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