NEW DELHI: The resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel has sparked buzz in political circles, simply days earlier than the announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Speculations have emerged relating to the explanations behind his resignation, with the Congress and different opposition events questioning whether or not it was because of variations with the Chief Election Commissioner or the Modi authorities.Some opposition leaders have even recommended that Goel may need resigned to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket. Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh raised three key questions on Goel’s resignation.”The resignation of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner last evening raises three questions,” Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned.”Did he actually resign over differences with the Chief Election Commissioner or with the Modi Government, which does the front-seat driving for all supposedly independent institutions? Or did he resign for personal reasons?”Or did he, just like the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom Choose a couple of days again, resign to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket,” Ramesh said in a post on X.The Congress leader further criticized the Election Commission for refusing to meet with political parties for the past eight months to discuss the issue of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), a crucial measure to prevent ‘electronic voting manipulation’. “Every passing day in Modi’s India offers an added blow to democracy and democratic establishments,” he alleged.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge expressed his curiosity about Goel’s future plans and drew comparisons to the recent resignation of a high court judge who immediately joined the BJP. “I used to be pondering that after the excessive court docket choose resigned and joined the BJP the following day and began abusing the TMC. It exhibits that the BJP has appointed folks with such a mindset. Now the election commissioner has resigned, allow us to look ahead to a while to see what he does,” he said.Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that the Election Commission had become an extension of the BJP and highlighted the drastic change from the time of TN Seshan, who ensured impartiality in elections as the watchdog. “Within the final 10 years, the Election Fee has been privatised. It has change into a department of the BJP,” he alleged.Asaduddin Owaisi, leader of the AIMIM, demanded an explanation from Goel and the government for his resignation just before the Lok Sabha elections.”It could be higher if he (Arun Goel) himself or the federal government would inform the explanation behind the resignation forward of the Lok Sabha elections,” he said.TMC leader Saket Gokhla also questioned the timing of Goel’s resignation and alleged a conspiracy by the BJP to manipulate the elections in West Bengal.Independent MP Kapil Sibal expressed concern over the resignation and the potential consequences of filling the Election Commission with individuals who align with the government’s interests.”Approach cleared to: Pack the Fee with Sure males. This is applicable to all establishments which might be the foundations of our Republic!” he said on X.”To abruptly resign like this on the cusp of the Lok Sabha elections is one thing we needs to be frightened about, as a result of usually this might not occur. Possibly the explanations cited by him that he has resigned for private causes are real. However, it’s unlikely…,” Sibal said.”There may be additionally a risk that there was some factor of disagreement between him and the chief election commissioner within the context of elections in West Bengal. I have no idea the true cause, however that’s hypothesis.Arun Goel resigned on Saturday, days earlier than the anticipated announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Whereas his causes for stepping down stay unknown, his tenure was till December 5, 2027, and he would have change into the Chief Election Commissioner upon the retirement of Rajiv Kumar in February subsequent 12 months. With the resignation of Goel and the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey, the Election Fee now consists of just one member, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
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