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'I’ll Commit Suicide': Former CEC Reveals What Dr. Manmohan Singh Told Him After 2012 EC Controversy

‘I’ll Commit Suicide’: Former CEC Reveals What Dr. Manmohan Singh Told Him After 2012 EC Controversy

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July 13, 2026

Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi reveals in his new book that an anxious Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered to resign or take extreme steps after learning about the EC's anguish over Congress ministers attacking the poll panel's credibility during the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.