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.
Surprising how this completely opaque source of electoral funding, the antithesis of a level playing field, got past the ECI.
Not surprising at all! We are in the times when anything by the great leader and his cohorts can get past anyone – any of our guardian institutions. The story is over. Jai Ho!
So much for good governance by our self-serving, self-obsessed man who thinks we all owe him everything. one rule for the country, one for self.