Religion of the EC is to fulfill the Constitutional obligation: CEC
Addressing at an event here today, and discussing the working style of the Election Commission, he said that just as the Sun always comes out from the east direction, similarly the Election Commission follows Constitutional obligations and completes its work with transparency, even if someone keeps arguing that the Sun comes out from West.
"The Election Commission fully follows the law and constitution of the country. We are concerned about the 100 crore voters of the country as voters are prominent in the election process of the country," he said.
On the question about the working style of the Election Commission levelled by the opposition political parties , the Chief Election Commissioner said that the work of the Election Commission is completely Constitutional and transparent.
He said in the past four months, about 5,000 meetings have been organised by the EC in all the states of all political parties, in which 28,000 delegates had participated.
"In this, everyone's problems have been heard with fairness and transparency. The Election Commission remains equal to all political parties," he stressed.
Commenting on Bihar, CEC said the opposition parties, which were raising the issue about giving less time regarding the voter list, have been explained that under Article 326 of the Constitution, no document of any kind is being sought from the voters whose names are included in the voters list of January 2003.
As far as the time limit for voter list testing is concerned, in the year 2002, only 31 days time was fixed, this year also from June 24 to July 25 has been fixed at 31 days too, he added.
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