Launching a strong diatribe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora over his dissent in the EC decisions going unrecorded, Congress, on Saturday, mockingly asked whether it was Election Commission or Election Omission.

Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, in a tweet, said, “Election Commission OR Election Omission! Another Dark Day for Democracy! Ashok Lavasa, Member CEC, who dissented on multiple occasions when the EC was busy giving clean chits to Modi-Shah duo, opts out of EC as the ECI even refuse to record dissent notes.

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Election Commission
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Election Omission!

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Another Dark Day for Democracy!

Sh Ashok Lavasa, Member CEC, who dissented on multiple occasions when EC was busy giving clean chits to Modi-Shah duo, opts out of EC as the ECI even refuse to record dissent notes.
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— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 18, 2019

“Erosion of institutional integrity is the hallmark of the Modi government! The SC judges going public, the RBI Governor resigning, the CBI Director getting removed, the CVC giving vacuous reports and now the divisions in the Election Commission! Will the EC save itself the embarrassment by recording Lavasa’s dissent notes.

Erosion of Institutional Integrity is the hallmark of Modi Govt!

SC Judges going public,
RBI Guv’s resigning
CBI Director getting removed
CVC giving vacuous reports
Now Dividing Election Commission!

Will EC save the embarrassment by recording Sh Lavasa’s dissent notes? 2/2 pic.twitter.com/gQxtFtCRPe

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 18, 2019

“Erosion of institutional integrity was the hallmark of Modi government,” he added on Ashok Lavasa’s letter.

The three-member Election Commission consists of the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and two election commissioners – Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra.

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, in a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, recused himself from the Full Commission meetings related to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) after his minority decisions on the clean chits to Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on their respective speeches went unrecorded.

Commissioner Lavasa, who dissented in four decisions taken by the Election Commission giving clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah in cases of the alleged violation of the poll code, has reportedly recused himself from attending meetings on deciding violations.

PM Modi was given a clean chit in three cases while Shah was let off in one incident of violation of the model code of conduct during election campaigns.

(With IANS inputs)