RTI reveals Cabinet Secretariat sent election commissioners’ letters to CEC Gyanesh Kumar
The July 29 letters alleged that senior deputy election commissioner Maneesh Garg issued a work-allocation order without consulting the commissioners.
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Times of IndiaCabinet Secretary didn’t act on EC’ plaint as it was unofficial: RTI
According to documents shared as part of an RTI response, two ECs in their separate but near-identical letters to Somanathan on July 29 objected to Garg’s conduct and an order he issued revising…
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Times of IndiaCabinet secretariat merely acknowledged complaint of Election Commissioners': RTI
Explaining the rationale behind the reluctance to take any action, a confidential note on the file shared by the Cabinet secretariat with transparency activist, Commodore Lokesh K Batra (Retd), as…
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MintMeet Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Vivek Joshi - No action by govt despite ECs flagging conduct of an ECI official, RTI shows
The Cabinet Secretariat declined to act on complaints by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi against senior poll official Maneesh Garg, saying they were submitted…
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NDTV2 Election Commissioners Complained Against Senior Panel Officer, RTI Shows
ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi wrote to Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan objecting to the conduct of Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg
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Hindustan TimesRTI reveals Cabinet Secretariat sent election commissioners’ letters to CEC Gyanesh Kumar
The July 29 letters alleged that senior deputy election commissioner Maneesh Garg issued a work-allocation order without consulting the commissioners.
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The HinduCabinet Secretary had copied acknowledgement sent to letters by two ECs to CEC for ‘information’: RTI reply
Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi wrote to Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan on July 29 regarding the working of Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg
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