EC says poll commissioners' letters to Cabinet Secretary not over policy matter, but 'related to...'
The Election Commission, which held a key meet amid row over alleged dissent within the poll body, clarified what the letter was about.
The Election Commission clarified on Saturday that letters sent by election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi to cabinet secretary T V Somanathan were not about any policy matters. Instead, the correspondence concerned the functioning of an officer on deputation to the ECI. The clarification came after internal reports suggested that the two commissioners had objected to changes in work allocation, which they believed reduced their oversight of the IT systems managing electoral rolls.
The Election Commission addressed the issue in a key meet, stating that field officers have role-based access to the ECINET system based on their statutory powers. A committee will review ECINET to ensure compliance with laws and rules, and any further flexibility for field officers will be determined in the Committee of Officers before approval by the Commission.
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