GUBERNATORIAL SINECURE FOR EX CEC?

Is Sunil Arora tipped to be the next Governor of Goa? The former CEC who stepped down earlier this week did so amidst speculation that he would be given a gubernatorial sinecure. While official sources are yet to confirm this, there is a view that this could be a planted story to give buttress to the Congress charge that the Election Commission was following the government’s line in going in for a long eight-phase election in West Bengal, for not pulling up BJP leaders for some of their polarizing comments, etc. In fact, Rahul Gandhi had even tweeted Election “Commission” of India, playing on the word commission. As an aside, given the rise of Covid cases, perhaps there is a genuine case for clubbing the remaining phases into one phase and ending this super-spreader event sooner than later.