HC questions CEC Rawat’s flip-flop

Delhi | Saturday | 24th March, 2018

Summary:

On April 19 last year, Mr.

Rawat had recused himself from the reference proceedings after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal questioned his independence. “The rejoining or withdrawal of recusal by Mr.

Rawat should have been communicated to the MLAs,” the Bench said. Mr.

Rawat later re-joined the reference proceedings on September 22, 2017. more-inThe Delhi High Court on Friday questioned why the Election Commission (EC) did not intimate the AAP MLAs, facing disqualification, about the decision of one of the then Commissioners, O.P. Rawat, to rejoin the Presidential reference proceedings after his recusal earlier last year..