EC’s independence ‘severely compromised’ by PM-HM duo: Congress

“At this time has been celebrated as Nationwide Voters Day since 2011 to mark the day on which the Election Fee got here into being 75 years in the past on 25 January 1950,” he famous.

The Election Fee is a Constitutional physique and its first chairman was the legendary Sukumar Sen whose position in establishing the foundations of our electoral democracy was essential, Ramesh mentioned.

“He was the only chief election commissioner for eight years. His ‘Report on the First Basic Elections in India 1951-52’ is a basic. However the preparations of the draft electoral roll for the primary elections had been accomplished earlier than Sen took over,” he mentioned.

The story of this historic endeavour and of the folks concerned in it’s narrated very finely by Ornit Shani in her definitive ‘How India Grew to become Democratic’, Ramesh identified.

There have been different distinguished CECs, amongst whom TN Seshan stands tallest and whose contributions had been seminal, he mentioned.

“Sadly, over the previous decade, the professionalism and independence of the Election Fee has been severely compromised by the PM-HM duo,” Ramesh alleged.

“A few of its choices are actually below problem within the Supreme Court docket. Its stand on the issues raised on the current meeting elections in Haryana and Maharashtra has been shockingly partisan,” Ramesh mentioned.

“There shall be a variety of self-congratulation at present however that won’t obscure the truth that the Election Fee because it has been functioning makes a mockery of the Structure and is an insult to the voters themselves,” he mentioned.