“Treating EC as a subservient tool is yet another low in Modi Government’s record,” Congress said. New Delhi:The Congress today slammed the government over a meeting between top election officials and the Prime Minister’s Office, alleging that it was treating the Election Commission as its “subservient tool”. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the government has fallen to a new low in destroying institutions in the country. PMO summoning ECI was unheard of in independent India. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Source: The Express Tribune December 17, 2021 14:10 UTC