UPA Government’s handling of the recent crisis in the Election Commission is exactly as expected by a Government, overpowered by the mindset of a political party, in league of a General Election due within six months. In the first place, the events that unfolded were scathing enough to hamper the credibility and reasonability of an impartial institution like EC. It’s for legal experts to decide whether the procedure adopted by the CEC, Mr. N.  Gopalaswamy, prudent or not, what I insist is ‘what’ could make a better debating issue rather than presently prevalent ‘How’. Two other letters shot to the President’s Office from the CEC’s table inarguably puts to rest any question upon Mr. Gopalaswamy’s pious intentions.  Political commentators should use this opportunity to free the EC of any political intervention by taking the issue hammer and tongs. Alas, an important issue is reduced to Tom and Jerry game between BJP and the Congress, both indulged in ubiquitous political blame game. Ball is currently in Congress’s court and it is free to take the shots. But, as pointed by Mr. Arun Jaitley, the beneficiary of the partiality can and should never be the adjudicator. It is one of the rarest chances for the Congress to rise above its political maneuverings and set an example by taking steps which can set an example for the political class in the time to come. Accepting to the terms of the CEC, or setting up an independent enquiry panel before the announcement of next CEC will never cast shadow on the credibility of the Congress led UPA Government, rather proclaim its Integrity. In absence of the same, a blunder of sorts will influence Indian politics in the coming ages wherein Governments would constitute EC based on their calculations and use the institution to settle scores as has been the case of the CBI. Appointment and service norms of the EC be made similar to the Vigilance Commission as it is the  only Vigilant in the Electoral Battle. Better make EC a ‘neutral umpire’ as suggested by the CEC.