'Prime Minister directly appointed me, without seeking the Leader of the Opposition's input,' stated SY Qureshi

He claimed that because there is no clause in the Constitution or other legal document specifying who would be chosen and what qualifications are required, I was appointed under the system that allowed the government of the day to nominate anybody. Qureshi remarked, "Even as a CEC, I used to regret that I was appointed directly by the PM without consulting the leader of the opposition," during a discussion of his book India's Experiment with Democracy.

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar tasked Principal Electoral Officer The state's Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) on Thursday to ensure that the next Lok Sabha elections are conducted perfectly. Before the Lok Sabha elections, Rajiv Kumar spoke at a meeting of Chief Electoral Officers in New Delhi and stressed that winning an election requires duty and tenacity. He conveyed confidence in the arrangements put in place to deliver the greatest voting experience possible in the biggest democracy in the world.

The two-day conference is being organized to discuss election planning, expenditure monitoring, voter rolls, use of IT, data management and EVMs, and share experiences and learnings from the recently concluded assembly elections.