EAS Sarma says "the abrupt and somewhat inexplicable exit of Shri Goel fraises the following questions:
1.Did Shri Goel express his dissent on the way the political executive has been trying to interfere with the electoral process in several ways vitiating its sanctity?
2.Did Shri Goel express doubts about the efficacy of the use of EVMs?
3.Did he express his concern at the way the political executive has pressured the SBI not to disclose the details of the EBS?
4.Was there any proposal from Shri Goel to freeze the residual amounts received by the political parties under the EBS to prevent their use in the ensuing elections?
5.Did Shrii Goel propose that BJP's nominees from the Boards of BEL, ECIL and SBI be withdrawn to maintain the sanctity the electoral process?
6.Did Shri Goel express his dissent on any other matter that would have displeased the political executive?
7.Did the highest within the political executive force Shri Goel to tender his resignation to clear the way for the ruling party's machinations?
One Election Commissioner has recently retired and the political executive is trying to select a candidate of its choice to succeed him. Meanwhile, I find that Shri Arun Goel, the third Election Commissioner has tendered his resignation prematurely, though his term is due to expire only in 2027. Shri Goel's resignation appears to have been accepted by the government in an undue hurry on the 9th of March, 2024 and the same was notified by the Ministry of Law & Justice yesterday..."
Earlier Letter & its references: https://countercurrents.org/2024/03/letter-to-president-of-india-non-transparency-of-funding-through-electoral-bonds-appointment-of-political-nominees-on-the-boards-of-sbi-bel-ecil-and-violating-norms-of-appointment-of-election-comm/ "attempts on the part of the political executive to deviate from the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court on appointment of Election Commissioners, the contentious Electoral Bonds scheme (EBS) and its planting BJP nominees on the Boards of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Electronics Corporation India Ltd (ECIL) and the SBI evidently to interfere at every stage of the electoral process in one way or the other, which in my view vitiates the sanctity of elections"