(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Politics on Constitutional Institutions

Topic: Politics on Constitutional Institutions

Guest:

Akshay Rout, (Former Director General, Election Commission of India)
Ashok Tandon, (Senior Journalist)
V. K. Agnihotri, (Former Secretary General, Rajya Sabha & Constitution Expert)
J Sai Deepak, (Advocate, Supreme Court)

Topic Description:

At a time when the Election Commission is under fire from Opposition parties for being biased, former president Pranab Mukherjee has lauded the role of the poll panel saying the 2019 Lok Sabha polls were conducted "perfectly". The former Congress man's regard for the poll panel has resulted in appreciative tweets, mostly from Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. The Congress, however, said it did not think that the former president was "aware" of the incidents of the poll panel giving a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for every alleged violation. Speaking at a book launch event in New Delhi on Monday, he said that right from the first election commissioner Sukumar Sen to the present election commissioners, the institution is working very well. He said all the three commissioners are appointed by the executive and they are doing their job well. His remarks came a day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Election Commission's "capi-tulation" before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is obvious and the poll watchdog is not feared and respected anymore. On this edition of the big picture we will analyse the politicization of democratic and constitutional institutions