CEC Sunil Arora takes charge of World Election body
India | Sep 03, 2019, 01:31 PM ISTCEC Sunil Arora on Tuesday assumed chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB), an Election Commission statement said.
CEC Sunil Arora on Tuesday assumed chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB), an Election Commission statement said.
A voter who claims that the electronic voting machine (EVM) or the paper trail machine did not recorded his or her vote correctly is allowed to cast a test vote under Rule 49 MA of the Conduct of Election Rules.
On a day Lavasa's decision to recuse from the model code of conduct complaints became public, the EC said the 'full commission' would meet on May 21 to discuss the issue of dissent and "related matters".
In a statement, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that diversion of views was not new among the members of the Election Commission and that they not expected to be clones of each other.
Tikka Ram Meena, who on Monday faced the BJP's ire after he issued a statement to this effect, on Wednesday briefed the media that it had been made clear to all political parties that under no cost should the name of Lord Ayyappa be used in election campaign.
More money will be spent, more violence will be there, more hatred will be there, I suppose, Krishnamurthy told PTI when asked about the upcoming general election.
A 1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Arora has also worked in ministries such as Finance, Textiles and Planning Commission.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: A CEC of the Election Commission can have a tenure of six years or hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The convention is to appoint the senior-most election commissioner as chief election commissioner.
Arora, a 1980 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre was appointed Election Commissioner in September last year.
In a letter in April, the Commission had urged the law ministry to amend the election laws so that it could use the ‘Contempt of Courts’ Act against such parties.
The government also appointed former finance secretary Ashok Lavasa as an election commissioner.
The commission had earlier said changes made in the election laws after the introduction of the bonds would compromise transparency in political fundings.
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