The Election Commission of India — variously called the Election Commission, the ECI or EC — was set up in 1950 as an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for carrying out election processes in India. It administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and the offices of the President and Vice President.
Headquartered in Delhi, the Election Commission consists of three members — a chief election commissioner and two other commissioners — who are appointed by the President. They have a tenure of six years or until they reach the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The Election Commission prepares, maintains, and updates the electoral roll; supervises the nomination of candidates; registers political parties and classifies them on national and state levels; and monitors election campaigns, including political fund-raising.
EC is missing much more than “the forest for the trees”. Here is a description of what the party with a difference is doing in UP, as reported in ET:
“Smaller parties with sizeable vote banks are gaining traction in the politically-crucial state, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats, explained a party insider. It was keeping this factor in mind that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recently gave minister of state (MoS) rank to 75 leaders of his party and allies to keep them in good humour. ”
We, of course, now know about 2 AM swearing in, with two deputy CMs in Goa, a state whose population is less than many districts in India.
Not to mention the fact that the EC agreed to hold elections in Dec in Telangana and KCR (who sees himself as the Feudal Lord or the King) took more than 60 days to form the government.
We are aware of open buying and selling of MLAs and MPs in more than one state. Every institution, law and good practice is being subjugated to winning elections and our great intellectuals call it master stroke, surgical strike, killer instinct, hunger to win, and what not.
Location / Medium agnostic is absolutely correct. This 48 hour rule could be limited to formal campaign rallies / meetings. Other forms of communication could continue.
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