Topic: Chief Election Commissioner

OP Rawat noted that "machinations" of data theft, data harvesting and fake news pose a potent threat to the electoral process in the country.

Chief Election Commissioner O.P.Rawat put to rest all speculations on simultaneous elections.

Sunil Arora, who will take charge as chief election commissioner in December, will have overseen just 10 assembly polls by the time the general elections roll in. That's less than half the experience his predecessors had in 2009 and 2014.

Poll panel told to work out ways to reduce the number of phases in elections to shorten the period of the model code.

Former IAS officer insists the EC always acts with objectivity, agrees that a lot of areas of the electoral process are in the need for reform.

Our Election Commission is globally renowned; those questioning it forget it is a premier institution in this country.

Part of the problem lies with the quality of appointees. In practice this is one more institution monopolised by ex-IAS officers.

Election Commission has begun work to change a range of poll laws to make them relevant to political landscape, check abuse of money power and ensure level playing field. ANUBHUTI VISHNOI

The recommedation comes three monts after the controversial incident

Full text of the interview with outgoing Central Election Commissioner Dr Nasim Zaidi (You can read the edited excerpts here) :  How do you look back...