Dated 13 March, notification said PM-led panel appointed 'Rajesh Kumar Gupta & Priyansh Sharma' as election commissioners. The panel met Thursday to discuss names for the posts.
Bill, now passed in Rajya Sabha, seeks to negate an SC judgment on selection of the CEC and ECs in the Election Commission by replacing CJI in the panel with a cabinet minister.
If Modi govt is bringing a legislation to implement Supreme Court's decision, then it must also look at issues that affect the composition and operation of ECI.
Court observes many political parties formed govt, but none framed law despite Constitution making it an 'unavoidable necessity'. Media has abdicated role & become partisan, it adds.
What Awami League needs now is not an answer to who will succeed Hasina or even a debate on whether Hasina should return to Bangladesh, but a new leadership on the ground.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
The Supreme Court could have required the decision of the Committee to be unanimous. The presence of the LoP is meant to ensure political neutrality and impartiality, the core virtue of the ECI. If decisions are 2. – 1, that purpose is not served.
The Supreme Court could have required the decision of the Committee to be unanimous. The presence of the LoP is meant to ensure political neutrality and impartiality, the core virtue of the ECI. If decisions are 2. – 1, that purpose is not served.