RE: [IAC#RG] IS ELECTION COMMISSION NOW FOLLOWING MODEL SET BY JUDICIARY ?

02/06/15

Dear Mr. Venkatraman,

On the issue of aquital of the Chief Minister by the High Court and holding the election by the Election Commission in a hasty manner I wish to disagree with you. Your reaction is more subjective than objective for the following reasons-

1. The elections are being held not for one vacancy but for 6/7 vacancies. The others must have fallen vacant earlier than the one

you are taking exception to. Could it not be a coincidence that that the election commission clubbed it with others just after the verdict came? Let us see when the other seats fell vacant before accusing the Election Commission of bias and haste.

 

2. That the Chief Minister already having been sworn to office was in no hurry to press for the election. Could she not wait for 6 months before being elected?

3.On the Judicial verdict, think of other similar cases-of Mayavati, Mulayam Singh, Laluprashad and host of others. In my opinion , having been in the film industry before joining politics,monetarily she was in a very comfortable position. In any case Karnataka has decided to go in appeal to SC. Till the verdict is reversed we have to respect the verdict of the High Court. Besides during the period of 8  months she has been behaving in a very dignified manner- went to jail without any fuss and cooperated in invetigations as per direction of the SC.

4. Although Judiciary and election Commission are constitutional institutions, they are not comparable in their scope of  work, powers ,functioning and independence. Election Commissioners are appointed by the Govt. mostly retire bureaocrats and they have not been able to go against the wishes of the Govt. and take an independent stand inspite of goading by the Supreme Court. The judiciary enjoys all the freedom but has failed to deliver jusitce to people as is expected from the judges.

Regds-JKGaur 

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 09:21:44 -0500
From: nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [IAC#RG] IS ELECTION COMMISSION NOW FOLLOWING MODEL SET BY JUDICIARY ?

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                                                      IS ELECTION COMMISSION NOW FOLLOWING MODEL SET BY  JUDICIARY ?

Most of Indians now think that judiciary is no more the conscience keeper of India. The recent verdict acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and giving bail to a rich actor in a few hours of conviction have only reinforced this view.

Just like judiciary, Election Commission is another constitutional body. While, in the past,  Election Commission has proved itself to be a weak body that cannot enforce rules effectively and has gained image as a paper tiger, now Election Commission is also suspected of deliberately favouring a politician.

The decision of the Election Commission to order by poll in a constituency in  Chennai within ten days of the vacancy arising that would facilitate the present Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to contest election, is shocking. There is no precedent that Election Commission has acted so fast in ordering by poll. Should we be so naïve as to believe that election commission has now become super efficient?

As Election Commission is now widely suspected, it owes an explanation as to what are the guidelines for ordering the by poll with regard to the number of days after the vacancy arising and why has it taken several months in ordering by polls on several other cases in the past.  Will the Election Commission  assure that in future , all by elections will be ordered within ten days of vacancy arising.

It is extremely depressing that constitutional body like Election Commission is behaving in such suspicious manner. Do the Election Commissioners understand the grave implication of acting in such partisan manner and do they realise that people losing confidence in constitutional body like Election Commission will lead to grave consequences?

N.S.Venkataraman

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