The Left party, in an official statement, said that it was alarmed over the abrupt resignation of one of the Election Commissioners, who had three years left in service before retirement.
The current predicament was mandated due to the retirement of former election commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey, who demitted office on February 14 on attaining the age of 65 years and the shock resignation of Arun Goel, who resigned on Friday morning.
Alleging violation of norms in the selection, the NGO contended that the Union of India and Goel “have through their acts of omissions and commission participated in a carefully orchestrated ‘selection procedure for their own benefits”.
Bench says his file was cleared by Law Ministry in a single day, a panel of four names were put up before the PM and Goel s name got the nod from the President within 24 hours