EC asked the party to submit the said report within 30 days time
Election Commission of India. (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: The Congress and the Election Commission have locked horns over the issue of submission of annual audit report of the party to the panel as part of guidelines issued to ensure transparency in the poll process.
After the Commission, for second time, asked the party to submit its annual audit report for the financial year 2013-14 early this year, the Congress, in separate communications told the EC that its directions in this regard are over-riding and “at variance” with statutory provisions and laid down laws.
The EC, early this month, reiterated its directions and asked the party to submit the said report within 30 days time, ending in the first week of July, which the Congress recently has refused to comply with. Senior Congress leader and party treasurer Motilal Vora has asked the EC to withdraw the directive issued to it till the issue is resolved through legal ways or an amendment in the poll Act.
The EC told the Congress that while it was not following its directions, four national and 28 state parties have already done so.
( Source : PTI )
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