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He had a showdown with then PM Indira Gandhi in 1981 following allegations of voter intimidation by Haryana police contingents on election duty in Garhwal (UP) from where former Congress leader H N Bahuguna was contesting as an independent. Shakdhar annulled the election and made Gandhi and the Congress cool their heels for a full year before ordering a re-poll. Much to the government's annoyance, Bahuguna won the election
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He famously clashed with then PM Rajiv Gandhi in 1987 over the latter's insistence that presidential polls be advanced to precede the Haryana assembly elections so that the then president Giani Zail Singh would lose the advantage in his re-election bid to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sastri refused to bow down and paid for it with harassment from income tax authorities and the appointment of two additional commissioners sent to clip his wings.
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Reader's opinion (2)
Abhsihek BiduaMar 14th, 2012 at 09:27 AM
Ruling part always wants to use EC in their favour.
Still millions of rupees being used in election go get the votes.
People are spending million to get elected and then earn billions as a elected representative.
Similarly, Government do not want to strengther any institution, who can question.
Pathikrit ChakrabortyFeb 23rd, 2012 at 14:30 PM
the ruling governments have always tried to sabotage the EC on one note or the other,but the EC unlike the other organs of the governemnt been unfazed by it and stood the test of changing times
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