AN UNDOCUMENTED WONDER : The Making of the Great Indian Elections

by S.Y. Quraishi

The Election Commission saw some press reports on 21 February 2012 that the government was considering converting the MCC into a statute. It was further observed from press reports that the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to go into the question of corruption proposed to discuss this issue at a very early date on the basis of a ‘secret’ note moved by the Union Law Ministry. The ostensible reason in support of this move was that the MCC should be given sharper teeth. However, for many political analysts, it was a thinly disguised ploy to divest the Commission of its powers to enforce the Code because enforcement would move through executive and judicial channels outside the EC’s control.