Election Commission has sought the immediate and decisive
intervention of the President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil charging the
Law Minister Salman Khurshid with improper and unlawful defiance of its
orders under which he was censured for promising sub-quota for
minorities.
In a communication to the President, the Commission said his action could vitiate free and fair polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The Commission took the unprecedented decision to complain against a union minister to the President after Khurshid had told an election rally in Uttar Pradesh earlier in the day that he would continue to pursue the nine percent sub-quota for minorities even if action is taken against him.
The decision about writing to the President came after an emergency meeting of the full three-member Commission headed by S Y Quraishi in New Delhi last night.
The President has forwarded Election Commission’s letter to Prime Minister’s Office for appropriate action:
In a communication to the President, the Commission said his action could vitiate free and fair polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The Commission took the unprecedented decision to complain against a union minister to the President after Khurshid had told an election rally in Uttar Pradesh earlier in the day that he would continue to pursue the nine percent sub-quota for minorities even if action is taken against him.
The decision about writing to the President came after an emergency meeting of the full three-member Commission headed by S Y Quraishi in New Delhi last night.
The President has forwarded Election Commission’s letter to Prime Minister’s Office for appropriate action:
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