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PM assures Quraishi of EC autonomy
Saturday January 14, 2012 08:14:37 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Chief Election Commissioner
S.Y. Quraishi "that autonomy of the constitutional body would be
protected".
The prime minister gave the assurance in his Jan 5 letter to the
poll panel chief in response to a letter by Quraishi sent to him
Dec 29 last year, sources said.
The CEC wrote to the prime minister Dec 29 and complained against
Law Minister Salman Khurshid's reported statement that the "centre
possessed some sort of administrative control over the EC" made in
context of the Lokpal bill debate in parliament.
Meanwhile, Quraishi Friday termed the reports of personal
differences with Khurshid as "ridiculous" and said there were some
institutional issues between them.
"We did write a letter couple of weeks ago but can't share
anything more on this. We have some perspectives which we share...
it is a ridiculous idea (personal differences with Khurshid) and
we are friends. It is just institutional issues," Quraishi told
reporters here.
Sources clarified the communication between the prime minister and
the CEC has nothing do with the commission's notice to Khurshid
Tuesday for promising 9 percent quota to Muslims from the 27.5
percent OBC reservation pie.
Quraishi said the EC has received the minister's reply.
"We are yet to discuss the reply and as per the procedure, if the
reply is satisfactory then the matter will be dropped or else
action will be taken," he said.
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