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Selection process for Chief Election Commissioner

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Bharatiya Janata Party

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The BJP says that earlier the government chose the Chief Election Commissioner and that it could appoint whomever it wanted. The BJP says the Modi government made a legal provision in 2023 adding the Leader of the Opposition to the selection committee, so the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition now decide who becomes the Chief Election Commissioner.

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