“Huge”, “Landmark”: Opposition Hails Court Order On Poll Body Appointments

Opposition leaders today hailed the Supreme Court order over the appointments to the top election body in the country.

A panel comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition, and the Chief Justice of India will be advising the President to appoint the Chief Election Commissioner and the two Election Commissioners, a five-judge bench said in a unanimous verdict aimed at “maintaining the purity of elections”.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien called it “huge” and did a wordplay to assert the Supreme Court order will make the Election Commission “competent”.

HUGE.

So Extremely Comprised (EC) can again drive to become Extremely Competent(EC) https://t.co/EXf1AJjGsE

— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) March 2, 2023

“HUGE. So Extremely Comprised (EC) can again drive to become Extremely Competent (EC),” said Mr O’Brien.

The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena called it a “landmark” order.

Truly landmark order from Supreme Court on top appointments of EC. A panel comprising PM, Leader of Opp/opposition leader of largest political party in Lok Sabha & the CJI for the top appointments in Election Commission.
Earlier it was the PM recommending names to the President.

— Priyanka Chaturvedi?? (@priyankac19) March 2, 2023

“Truly landmark order from Supreme Court on top appointments of EC. A panel comprising PM, Leader of Opp/opposition leader of largest political party in Lok Sabha & the CJI for the top appointments in Election Commission. Earlier it was the PM recommending names to the President,” said Priyanka Chaturvedi, Rajya Sabha MP from the Thackeray camp.