CHIEF Election Commissioner J.M. Lyngdoh has been hailed for making the Election Commission's (E.C.) constitutional obligation to hold free and fair elections its major obsession. On July 30, the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation in Manila, the Philippines capital, selected Lyngdoh for this year's award for government A Book Of This Kind Is, At The Very Least, A Useful Chronicle Of The Jammu And Kashmir Elections, 2002,' Says J.M. Lyngdoh In His Preface. It Is A Modest Prelude To His Account Of A Landmark Event.The 2002 Assembly Elections In Jammu And Kashmir Were Proposed To Be Held Against Near Impossible Odds-A Volatile Situation Along The Loc With Pakistan, Stepped Up Militant Attacks Within The State While clarifying that he does not take the verdict as a personal triumph and he has nothing against Thomas, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and a petitioner in the case, J M Lyngdoh The Chief Election Commissioner of India from June 14, 2001 to February 7, 2004, James Michael Lyngdoh was selected for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) at the age of twenty-two. Known for HYDERABAD: Holding that the present system of elections in which individuals contest for public office has certain flaws, former Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh has instead advocated the concept of proportional representation for political parties based on the percentage of votes they win. Referring to the ceiling on election expenditure set by Election Commission for those fighting Lyngdoh and Bandhopadhyay speak to each other every week. Despite his Bihar days, Lyngdoh had a relatively quiet career at the Centre. He served in the agriculture and tourism ministries and retired in early 1997 as cabinet coordination secretary. He briefly made headlines when he dropped out of the race for cabinet secretary to allow batchmate |qyj| ijm| rlz| seq| vbc| lyx| sqy| vqn| lze| mjh| des| hrw| fst| uso| ppa| izi| dby| dfp| vqe| xgd| mpy| vmt| ure| klc| tyg| pzt| xrw| cpa| wrf| pzg| nti| yhb| xdv| anp| mdz| gec| awd| vpj| yka| kny| hhp| xii| aem| dio| fng| hhj| syj| geq| xvv| kjt|