‘Will commit suicide’: What Manmohan Singh told former CEC Quraishi during 2012 elections
Former Chief Election Commissioner, SY Quraishi, recalled a stark statement made by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2012 over “loose talk” by ministers on the functioning of the Election Commission of India. In his book, titled “India and I: A Hundred Memories, Not a Memoir’, the former CEC recalled a visit to the PM residence after he expressed his anguish over certain remarks made by ministers during the 2012 state elections in Uttar Pradesh. (File ) In his book, titled “India and I: A Hundred Memories, Not a Memoir’, the former CEC recalled a visit to the PM residence after he expressed his anguish over certain remarks made by ministers during the 2012 state elections in Uttar Pradesh. As per Quraishi, this backlash was triggered by Salman Khurshid‘s censure for breaking the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) while campaigning for the state elections. In a speech, Khurshid promised that if his party came to power, the quota for Muslims in jobs would be raised from 4.5 per cent to 9 per cent. “The …









