Targetting the Narendra Modi-led Union government over the resignation of Arun Goel as an Election Commissioner, Opposition parties on March 10 asked whether Mr. Goel stepped down due to differences with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the Union government, or whether he did so to contest an election.
“The resignation of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner last evening raises three questions,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
“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, like the Calcutta High Court Judge a few days back, resign to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls on a BJP ticket?” Mr. Ramesh asked, referring to Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who joined the BJP days after resigning as a judge of the Calcutta High Court.
