In a shocking development, the court suggests that the Election Commissioner will be appointed by a 3-member committee consisting of :
- PM
- Leader of biggest opposition party
- CJI
Which means PM Modi, Mallikarjun Kharge and DY Chandrachud will have one vote each. If Kharge and Chandrachud get together, they can elect the Election Commissioner of India, a person of their choice.
Kharge is a Rajya Sabha member, which means that he is not elected by voters of India directly. Chandrachud was elected by the collegium system of Indian courts, which is never elected by general public. Most of them came through examinations, and appointments much like bureaucracy. However, no one knows how upper judicial appointments are done. The case of Abhishek Manu Singhvi 'getting on the floor' of his office with a woman who came to meet him regarding her appointment as judge during the congress period is well known.
Will the BJP government fight this travesty? Do they have the right tools to fight this obnoxious attempt by the judiciary to subvert democracy?
More importantly, does the BJP government have the WILL to fight?
(Copied verbatim from the Facebook wallpost dated 2023-03-03 of @Narayani Ranganathan)
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