Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on New Election Commissioner: The excessive-degree committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (March 14, 2024) finalized the names of retired officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu for 2 election commissioners. This large declare was made on Thursday (March 14, 2024) by Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, a member of this committee and chief of the opposition within the Lok Sabha, earlier than the announcement by the Election Fee (EC).
Throughout this time, he additionally advised {that a} checklist of six names had come for the number of two election commissioners, by which other than Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, the names of Utpal Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, Indivar Pandey and Sudhir Kumar Gangadhar had been additionally there.
The Congress chief advised reporters, “Within the assembly had been Prime Minister Narendra Modi, House Minister Amit Shah, I and other people from the search committee led by Arjun Ram Meghwal. Even earlier than attending the assembly, I had requested for a brief checklist. I had mentioned {That a} brief checklist ought to be handed over. It’s because brief lists are made earlier than the choice. That’s the reason I had requested for that checklist. If I had obtained that checklist as quickly as I reached Delhi, I might have gotten details about the candidates however I couldn’t get that chance.”
I used to be given an inventory of 212 names of Election Commissioner- Adhir Chaudhary
The senior Congress chief additional claimed – There have been 212 names within the checklist given to me. I got here to Delhi solely final evening and it was tough to find out about all of the names earlier than going to the choice assembly at 12 within the morning. In such a scenario, I believed what’s using taking a look at these 212 names. In our committee, the PM and the House Minister are there and I’m the one one from the opposition. From the start the bulk on this committee is in favor of the federal government. Say it or not, in such a scenario no matter the federal government needs will occur. The election commissioner shall be chosen in accordance with the intentions of the federal government.
See what else Adhir Ranjan Choudhary mentioned:
#WATCH , After the assembly of choice committee to choose the Election Commissioner, the Chief of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, “On this committee, govt has the bulk….One Mr Kumar from Kerala and one Mr B. Sandhu from Punjab has been chosen as… pic.twitter.com/lZrZwFGhyz
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“Arun Goyal got here at lightning velocity, left at digital velocity”
Adhir Ranjan Choudhary additional mentioned – On the time of appointment of Arun Goyal, the Supreme Courtroom had mentioned that his appointment was completed at lining velocity (in reference to hurry just like the velocity of sunshine). He got here in lightning velocity and went to digital velocity and elevated the issue. To cope with the issue, it’s obligatory that two election commissioners be chosen. Two folks have been chosen, that are Sukhbir Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar.
