Is the Election Commission biased towards BJP?

The persisting doubts in the minds of the Opposition parties about the bias of EC towards the ruling BJP was further crystallised by the partisan nature of the Commission towards the end of Gujarat assembly elections.

On the morning of December 14, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote in Ahmedabad, he turned it into a massive roadshow by waving to the crowd from his SUV, while the EC had specifically banned roadshows.

In contrast, the EC had barred Rahul Gandhi’s television interview to aired on December 13 and ordered FIRs against the TV channels in question and also served a show cause notice to the Congress president.

The BJP president Amit Shah too used the Ahmedabad airport to hold a press conference on the morning of December 14,but the EC had no problem with this.

EC behaving like PS to Modi

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala came down heavily on the EC for having “different standards” for the ruling BJP and the Congress.

The Congress went on to say that the EC was behaving like a “PS” to Modi. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A.K. Joti, was the chief secretary of Gujarat when Modi was the state’s chief minister.