Congress firm on Chawla continuing as CEC

Attacking Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami, the Congress yesterday opposed the demand for EC Navin Chawla's resignation despite the CEC recommending his removal.

"There is remarkable congruence of views between that of the BJP and what it wants and some actions of the Election Commission," Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said, apparently seeking to turn the tables on BJP which had accused Chawla of bias towards the Congress.