The Election Commission on Tuesday decided by a majority of 2:1, that dissenting opinions in Model Code of Conduct disputes will not be made part of any final order and will only be included in internal files, as per previous practice. Issue over speeches The issue came up before the full bench comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Mr. …
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 …
Amid reports that Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has recused himself from meetings on Model Code of Conduct matters, pending the demand for inclusion of dissenting opinion in orders, the Election Commission of India on Saturday said no such meetings had been held lately. Reports in a a section of the media stated that Mr. Lavasa wrote to Chief Election Commissioner …
Senior Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has given dissenting opinions regarding four of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches and one of BJP national president Amit Shah. For stringent action As reported, Mr. Lavasa had earlier written to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora asking why his observations were not recorded in the order passed against BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria censuring him …