AdvertisingIn both cases, one Commissioner had dissented and the EC’s final decisions, in favour of the PM, was taken by a majority of 2-1. “Every other day they used to say ‘we have nuclear button, we have nuclear button’. AdvertisingREAD | EC over-rules its officers, gives second clean chit to Narendra ModiThe EC comprises Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra. According to Section 10 of The Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991, all business of the EC “shall, as far as possible, be transacted unanimously”. N Gopalaswami was Chief Election Commissioner at that time and S Y Quraishi and Navin Chawla were his colleagues on the panel.

Source: Indian Express May 02, 2019 23:03 UTC