New Delhi, Feb 11 Taking strong objection to Salman
Khurshid's comments after his censure on his minority quota
remarks, the Election Commission tonight wrote to President
Pratibha Patil against the "defiant and aggressive" Law
Minister and sought her immediate decisive intervention.
The EC said the defiance by a Union Minister of the
Constitutional body was "unprecedented" and his "improper and
unlawful action" has put a strain on the delicate balance of
functions between Constitutional authorities.
The strongly-worded two-page letter was written to the
President after an emergency meeting of the full Commission in
the wake of Khurshid's statement earlier in the day that he
would continue to pursue the line on nine percent sub-quota
for minorities 'even if they hang me'.
The EC had earlier censured him for the same statement
made on January 8 while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh
elections, holding that it was violative of the Election Model
Code of Conduct.
"The Commission is shocked that instead of being
remorseful about the violation of the Model Code, that carries
the consensus of all political parties and the sanction of the
Supreme Court, the Minister has chosen to be defiant and
aggressive. This is unprecedented," the EC letter said.
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