Election Commission of India Gets Political Infection, Democracy at Receiving End

Election Commission of India Gets Political Infection,

New Delhi (ABC Live): The Election Commission has its great relevance in implementing democracy in very from of governance. According to constitution the fairness in actions and neutrality in its mind are made mandatory elements.

 New Delhi (ABC Live): The Election Commission has its great relevance in implementing democracy in every form of governance. According to constitution of India, the fairness in actions and neutrality in its mind are made mandatory elements.

The Election Commission of India is now a day missing both of mandatory elements in its actions and mind. The commission has been divided into political blocks. 

The Chief Election Commissioner/ Election Commissioners are openly seen as political agents of political parties.

The tussle which came into public light, when on January 31, CEC N Gopalaswami sent a  recommendation letter to President Pratibha Patil against election commissioner Navin Chawla for his removal, which later Indian government denied to accept.

It was open secret in top political circles that who owns whose loyalty in EC.

This Recommendation letter has thrown Indian elections holding statuary body into deep well, Where all political parties are nude. It is interesting to know about the reasons, N Gopalaswami quoted in his recommendation to remove Navin Chawla, election Commissioner, who is considered very close to congress party high command.

According to information with ABC Live the first serious allegation which CEC has leveled against Chawla that, he sneaks election commission’s top secret decisions to his political masters in Congress party.

To support his allegation Gopalaswami wrote in his letter to President of India that usually during full bench Election Commission meetings to take crucial decisions on poll maters, Navin Chawla tries to take excuses like wash room urgency to leak decisions.

CEC further to substance his allegation against  election Commissioner has given two incident which showed that he conveyed each and every information of EC to his master in Congress party on routine basis.

According to first incident quoted in CEC recommendation regarding Gujarat elections in 2007, when decision was inside Commission on holding elections in three or two phase, where N Gopalaswami supported three phases’ elections and Chawla opposed it, where as Indian  Home ministry had also made arrangements of central paramilitary forces for three phases.

 The Information was passed on to Congress party Bosses by Chawla on the issue which than  called EC, asking why elections in  Gujarat could not held in two phases, even than it was not officially announced by EC yet and decision was still with EC.

Finally in case Indian government agreed to arrange central paramilitary forces and polls were conducted in two phases as desired by EC Chawla and its political bosses.

The second case which CEC has pointed out against Chawla on scheduling of Karnataka polls  in May 2008, where eroded EC tried to postpone as per wishes of Congress party opposing  CEC and the third election commissioner, SY Quraishi without any substantial reasons.’

Chawla Saved Sonia Gandhi?

Further N Gopalaswami charged Navin Chawla that he used his chair to save Congress party President, Sonia Gandhi as he had taken 'suo motu' decision on a complaint seeking her disqualification for accepting a Belgian honor to ask ministry of external affairs comment of the issue.

After much of deliberation EC issued notice to Sonia Gandhi, which she has replied but as Chawla is looking the case, still undecided on the complaint.

Know About Navin Chawla

Navin Chawla is an IAS officer of the 1969 batch was appointed on 16 May 2005 as election commissioner in 2005; his term will extend till 30 July 2010.

At time of Indian Emergency (1975 - 77) he was secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

The Shah Commission probed Emergency causes and cases indicted Mr Chawla as unfit to hold any public office due to his role played during Emergency as secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

Chawla’s Name figured once again when news reported that the Jaipur-based Lala Chaman Lal Education Trust run by his wife Rupika has got funds under MPLADS from different MPs A.A. Khan,R.P. Goenka, Ambika Soni, Dr Karan Singh and Mr A.R. Kidwai.

Navin Chawla Got Italy’s Mazzini award in 2005

In March 2005, Chawla has got Mazzini award by the Government of Italy in recognition of his efforts to forge a new relationship with Italy and strengthening existing bonds.