Proposed Election Commisioners selection Bill ploy to rig 2024 Lok Sabha election: Trinamool Congress
The Hindu
The Trinamool Congress alleged that the new proposed Bill that seeks to regulate the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners is a ploy to rig the 2024 Lok Sabha poll as the BJP is afraid of the united I.N.D.I.A. alliance.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on August 10 alleged that the new proposed Bill that seeks to regulate the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners is a ploy to rig the 2024 Lok Sabha poll as the BJP is afraid of the united I.N.D.I.A. alliance.
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 besides a Cabinet Minister, according to the Bill listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha on August 10.
A Supreme Court judgment in March 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.
“Shocking. BJP is rigging the 2024 election openly. Modi government has again brazenly trampled upon an SC judgment and is making the Election Commission its own bunch of stooges. In the (EC appointment) Bill the Chief Justice has been replaced by a Union Minister in the selection committee to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners. The Supreme Court in its judgment had clearly noted that the Committee should be (A) the Chief Justice of India, (B) the PM and (C) the Leader of the Opposition.
“In the Bill, the Modi government has replaced the CJI with a union minister. Basically now, Modi and one minister will appoint the entire Election Commission. This is a clear step towards rigging the 2024 elections after fear has been struck into BJP's heart by the united INDIA alliance,” Mr. Gokhale tweeted.
Echoing him, TMC leader Sushmita Dev said it is yet another attempt to control an institution which must be independent.
"The prime minister will appoint an union cabinet minister to replace the CJI as a member of the selection committee to recommend a chief election commissioner. The leader of the opposition will be a member (of the selection panel) but is bound to be outnumbered. This is yet another way to control an institution which must be independent.” she tweeted.
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