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Quraishi book recalls Manmohan calling ECI democracy's soul
The New Indian Express··13 Jul
Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi's forthcoming book recounts that then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the Election Commission the soul of democracy, New Indian Express reported. The book is scheduled for release on July 24 and details a private 2012 meeting in which Singh publicly defended the poll body's institutional autonomy while in high office.
Prism
What It Means For You
- The memoir renews debate on protecting election institution autonomy.
- Historical MCC disputes still shape how parties view the ECI.
- Readers get a rare PM-CEC private exchange on constitutional propriety.
What's Happening
- Quraishi's book reveals Manmohan Singh's defence of the ECI.
- Singh called the Commission the soul of democracy.
- The book is scheduled for release on July 24.
Institutional Memory
- Quraishi was India's 17th Chief Election Commissioner.
- The episode followed the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
- The ECI had censured Salman Khurshid under the Model Code.
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