The congress has criticized the 'hasty midnight movement' to appoint Gyanesh Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and said that this step only confirmed the doubts that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the election process and the bowing rules for her ” Destroyed “benefits. Congress MP KC Venugopal stated that the CEC appointment should have been given until the Supreme Court ruled in accordance with the Constitution.
The Member of Parliament of the Congress went to social media to criticize the government to appoint Gyanesh Kumar as the new CEC and said: “In a hasty midnight movement, the government has informed the appointment of the new central election commissioner. This goes against the spirit of our constitution, and what is in many cases repeated by the Supreme Court – for the election process to have holiness, the CEC must be an impartial interested party. “
“Their decision to keep the meeting hurried today and to name the new EC, show that they would like to bypass the control of the Supreme Court and make the appointment before a clear order begins.” Read also | 'Sunna, Sehna Humari Aadat Hai': CEC Rajiv Kumar's last press peppered with poetry, a pension plan
The message from KC Venugopal also reads: “Such gross behavior only confirms the doubts that many have expressed about how the prevailing regime destroys the election process and bends the rules for his benefit. Whether it is fake voter lists, schedules that promote the BJP, or worry about EVM-Hacking-de Government and the CECs that it neates are subject to a deep suspicion for such incidents. “
Election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed on Monday as the next main election commissioner, the Ministry of Justice said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed on the basis of a new law on the appointment of the members of the election committee (EC). His term of office runs until January 26, 2029, days before the EC is expected to announce the schedule of the next Lok Sabha election.
