THE Election Commission of India is intended to be an autonomous body. Ashok Lavasa was the sole member of the Commission who refused to give a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in the matter of electoral process violations. Avny Lavasa Ashok Lavasa’s daughter, Avny Lavasa, who was the Deputy Commissioner of Leh from …
The Election Commission on Tuesday is expected to take up issues pertaining to the model code of conduct that were raised by Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa after his dissenting opinions were not recorded in the orders passed on speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. May 21, to discuss this and related matters.” Mr. Lavasa wrote …
Here is a look at the three-member team of the Election Commission of India which will be responsible for conducting the Lok Sabha Election 2019. Sunil Arora Sunil Arora, the Chief Election Commissioner, is a 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer. The 2019 Lok Sabha election will be Arora’s first big challenge as the Chief Election Commissioner. While Arora has …
India is preparing to tighten regulations to deal with an expected escalation in social media-driven hate speech in the lead up to 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “We are looking at enforcing existing instructions and tightening regulations so that loopholes can be plugged.” India joins a growing list of countries attempting to curb the misuse of social media in election campaigns. …