When PM Manmohan Singh told then-CEC Quraishi, '... will commit suicide'

Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) SY Quraishi has said he has immense respect for Manmohan Singh, as he recalled an interesting incident when he was told by the former prime minister that he would "commit suicide" after the then poll body chief complained to him over "loose talk" by ministers over how the Election Commission of India (ECI) operates.Quraishi recalled the incident in his forthcoming book 'India and I: A Hundred Memories, Not a Memoir' in which he hailed Manmohan Singh, while also remembering his days as the CEC from 2010 to 2012. The incident happened during the 2012 Uttar Pradesh elections when the then Law Minister Salman Khurshid, while speaking at a rally, said the Congress will increase the quota for Muslims to 9 per cent from 4.5 per cent if it comes to power. He recalled the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "promptly complained of a Model Code violation" after which Khurshid was "censured"