EC Responds to AAP: 'We Are a Three-Member Body, Not Run by One Person'

The EC said in a post on X that it has decided to have constitutional restraint, absorbing such outbursts with sagacity, stoically and not to be swayed by such insinuations.

Amid allegations levelled by the Aam Aadmi Party that the Election Commission is being run by CEC Rajiv Kumar, the poll panel on Tuesday hit back saying it is a three-member body which has collectively noted "repeated deliberate pressure tactics" to malign the poll authority in Delhi polls.

It said an impression is being created that the EC is a single member body.

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The EC said in a post on X that it has decided to have constitutional restraint, absorbing such outbursts with sagacity, stoically and not to be swayed by such insinuations.

Top AAP leaders, including its convenor Arvind Karjiwal, have claimed that the EC has been ignoring the BJP's alleged violations of poll code.

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Kejriwal had alleged that Kumar is not taking action against the BJP to bag a post-retirement assignment.

Kumar resigns on February 18 after attaining the age of 65 years.

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Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu are the other election commissioners.

"The 3-member Commission collectively noted repeated deliberate pressure tactics to malign ECI in Delhi Elections, as if it is a single member body and decided to have constitutional restraint, absorbing such outbursts with sagacity, stoically and not to be swayed by such insinuations," the poll authority said in a rare reaction.

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Delhi votes on Wednesday where AAP looks to continue in power and BJP seeks to form the next government.

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