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'I eat politicians for breakfast': TN Seshan’s famous words are back amid SIR controversy; when the former CEC challenged the Centre & fought EC power battleThe phrase “I eat politicians for breakfast”, famously associated with former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan, is back in focus amid ...
When ECs disagree: Key questions answered on Election Commission row; why it happened, how it unfolded, who decides & what is the bigger issueThe Election Commission row has raised questions over internal dissent, electoral-roll management and the appointment of Election Commissio...
SIR row brings past Election Commission differences back into focusDifferences among election commissioners have resurfaced regarding the handling of electoral matters in India. Previously, Ashok Lavasa exp...
President Ram Nath Kovind accepts Ashok Lavasa's resignation as ECPresident Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of Ashok Lavasa as Election Commissioner, a notification by the Ministry of Law and ...
Ashok Lavasa resigns as Election Commissioner; to join ADB as vice presidentLavasa, the sources said, has sent his resignation to Rashtrapati Bhavan and has requested to be relieved on August 31.
Election Commission’s loss is ADB’s gain, says CEC, Sunil Arora on Ashok LavasaIn his first remarks on the appointment of election commissioner Ashok Lavasa as Asian Development Bank vice-president, chief election comm...
Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa named as the new VP of Asian Development BankLavasa, who would have retired as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in October 2022, would be the second election commissioner to step ...
Cabinet Secretariat seeks expeditious DoPT views on Ashok Lavasa caseThe Income-Tax department is already probing allegations of tax evasion by the family members of Ashok Lavasa, who is due to be appointed C...
CBDT apprises CEC of I-T action against Lavasa familyThe CBDT has recently written to CEC Sunil Arora with details on the alleged income tax evasions by Lavasa’s family members. IT notices hav...
EC decision to put out majority order guided by SC verdict in TN Seshan caseThe poll panel has been embroiled in a controversy over the issue of whether dissent should be reflected in the Commission’s final order or...
Silence difficult, but more desirable to see through poll process: CEC on Lavasa's public dissentCEC said he is not a "moral judge of anybody, least of all somebody as senior as Ashok Lavasa".
Ex-legal advisor SK Mendiratta backs EC's dissent decisionMendiratta served with the EC for over 50 years and completed his contract as a legal advisor last year.
EC wants to set new precedent of 'dark secrets', 'secluded chambers': CongressOn Tuesday, the poll panel rejected with a majority vote Lavasa's demand that dissent notes should be recorded in its orders on model code ...
Orders don’t have to show dissenter views, EC decides 2-1While Arora and Chandra said minority view need not be reflected, Lavasa cited Constitution to say EC decisions were more than purely admin...
Full Election Commission set to meet today to take a view on Ashok Lavasa’s concernsAmid reports of Ashok Lavasa’s recusal from the model code deliberations, Sunil Arora said the controversy was “unsavoury and avoidable” du...
CEC wrote two letters to Ashok Lavasa to let election process continue3 commissioners met informally on Saturday after it became public that Lavasa had officially recused himself from MCC issues.
Members of EC not supposed to be 'clones' of each other, divergence of views natural: CECIn an unprecedented move, Sunil Arora came out with a statement on the differences among the members of the Election Commission.
Congress demands inquiry into issues raised by Lavasa, accuses Modi Government of pressuring ECSenior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said there must be a credible investigation into the issues raised by Lavasa.
EC clean chit for PM’s Chitradurga speech; dissent continuesPM Modi in Chitradurga had exhorted first-time voters to dedicate their votes for the security forces.
Eloquence of silence needed in poll period, says CEC Sunil AroraEC legal division says MCC orders not quasi-judicial, so dissent can’t be recorded; Arora says controversy after clean chits to Modi ‘highl...