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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to the Chief Election Commissioner that disseminating information, by forwarding a circular/ order/ notification of the Election Commission of India (EC) with the stamp and seal of a governmental enactment — specifically, the ruling enactment astatine the Centre — cannot beryllium trifled distant arsenic a clerical error.
In a sharply worded connection to the CEC, Mr. Vijayan said portion helium appreciated the unit nether which the officials of the Election Commission were working, sending retired important communications without vetting by elder officials cannot beryllium dismissed arsenic a specified mistake oregon a casual omission.
He was referring to the furore that had erupted successful the nationalist sphere pursuing the contention that a circular issued by the EC and sent to each governmental parties had carried a seal of the ruling BJP. The incidental had triggered a large enactment with the Opposition governmental parties alleging that the said circular was a wide denotation of the heavy transportation betwixt the BJP astatine the Centre and the EC.
The EC had admitted the mistake and had sought to explicate it arsenic a clerical mistake, for which it had taken 1 of its unit members to task.
Mr. Vijayan was besides captious astir the mode successful which the EC had chosen to respond to the comments and criticisms that had flooded the societal media pursuing the incident. He condemned the constabulary enactment recommended by the CEC against members of the public, who had taken to the societal media successful a large mode to criticise and speculate connected the incident.
The Chief Minister pointed retired that it was but earthy that successful a democracy, an incidental specified arsenic this would pull comments and disapproval from the nationalist .
However, unless these comments and criticisms by the nationalist exceeded the limits of decency oregon became derogatory oregon assumed the signifier of idiosyncratic attacks, specified reactions from the nationalist should beryllium seen arsenic look of opinions.
He requested the involution of the CEC to guarantee that the instructions of the EC bash not go the origin for indiscriminate enactment against each criticisms and comments by people.
Mr. Vijayan pointed retired that the Chief Election Officer successful Kerala had already declared that determination would beryllium an interior inquiry. He requested that the governmental parties arsenic good arsenic the nationalist are kept informed astir the findings of the inquiry, successful the champion interests of the transparency of the electoral process.
