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Snapshot of the day

February 17, 2025

Siddharth Varadarajan

Calling the selection committee to pick the next chief election commissioner (CEC) “lopsided” because of the in-built government majority, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, a member, recorded his dissent and refused to even look at the five names shortisted, reports Sravasti Dasgupta. The committee’s other members are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah and they are expected to proceed with their pick regardless.

In public comments on the now aborted Adani wind energy project in Sri