<p>Law Minister Salman Khurshid has ruffled feathers in the Election Commission by stating that his ministry had administrative control over the poll body, prompting its chief S Y Quraishi to complain to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Khurshid had recently said in a TV interview that the Law Ministry has control over the Election Commission to the extent that it signs documents related to travel of the Election Commissioners.<br /><br />He was talking in the context of Team Anna's objection to CBI being retained under government control under the Lokpal Bill when he said "every institution is under some control".<br /><br />Taking strong exception to these comments, Quraishi has complained to the Prime Minister that Khurshid had tried to undermine the authority of the Election Commission, which is a Constitutional body, EC sources said.<br /><br />Without going into the issue of his letter to the Prime Minister, Quraishi today dismissed suggestions that it was getting personal between him and Khurshid. "It is a very ridiculous idea. We are friends otherwise, personally. It is just an institutional issue."<br /><br />This is the second time in recent days that Khurshid has drawn the EC's ire.<br /><br />The Commission had on Tuesday served show cause notice on the minister for promising 9 per cent sub-quota for minorities in UP while campaigning for his wife Louise in Farrukhabad on Sunday.<br /><br />The minister had denied having violated the Model Code of Conduct, saying the promise was made by the Congress in its manifesto released in the run-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.</p>
<p>Law Minister Salman Khurshid has ruffled feathers in the Election Commission by stating that his ministry had administrative control over the poll body, prompting its chief S Y Quraishi to complain to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Khurshid had recently said in a TV interview that the Law Ministry has control over the Election Commission to the extent that it signs documents related to travel of the Election Commissioners.<br /><br />He was talking in the context of Team Anna's objection to CBI being retained under government control under the Lokpal Bill when he said "every institution is under some control".<br /><br />Taking strong exception to these comments, Quraishi has complained to the Prime Minister that Khurshid had tried to undermine the authority of the Election Commission, which is a Constitutional body, EC sources said.<br /><br />Without going into the issue of his letter to the Prime Minister, Quraishi today dismissed suggestions that it was getting personal between him and Khurshid. "It is a very ridiculous idea. We are friends otherwise, personally. It is just an institutional issue."<br /><br />This is the second time in recent days that Khurshid has drawn the EC's ire.<br /><br />The Commission had on Tuesday served show cause notice on the minister for promising 9 per cent sub-quota for minorities in UP while campaigning for his wife Louise in Farrukhabad on Sunday.<br /><br />The minister had denied having violated the Model Code of Conduct, saying the promise was made by the Congress in its manifesto released in the run-up to the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.</p>