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The Election Commission has seen the reports in the print and electronic media about a letter said to have been written by Shri L. V. Saptrishi to the Union Minister for Law and Justice.
The Commission considers it beneath its dignity to respond to the scurrilous and baseless allegations made therein, singling out the two Election Commissioners. The free, fair and impartial manner in which the elections are being conducted in the country including Bihar has been seen and widely applauded by the whole country. In so far as Chapra election is concerned, the full Commission passed a unanimous quasi-judicial order on May 10, 2004, setting out in detail the reasons for its order, which speaks for itself. Immediately after this order was passed by the full Commission, it was made public through print and electronic media and put on the Commission’s web-site for public scrutiny and was open for judicial review.
The Commission strongly deprecates the personal attack made on the two Election Commissioners and Shri K. J. Rao, Advisor, Election Commission of India, and considers such personal attacks highly reprehensible.
Election Commission Of India May 8th, 2005/Vaisakha 18, 1927
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