Intricate issues involved in CEC's recommendation: Cong

Congress today said that Chief Election Commissioner N Goapalaswami's recommendation for removal of Navin Chawla involve "several intricate issues of law", including the "very jurisdiction of the CEC to exercise such powers on a colleague".

"We have no official notice of the recommendation or its content," Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said.

"There are several intricate issues of law involved including the very jurisdiction of the CEC to exercise such powers on a colleague," he said.

"Since press reports suggest that the matter is in the domain of the Central government, it would be premature to comment further till a considered view is taken keeping in mind all legal aspects at the Centre's level," he said.