"We should be grateful to the Supreme Court. I have often said it and also written in the book that Supreme Court is our guardian angel," he said this evening at the launch of the third edition of his book "An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Election".
"Obviously the election commission's role that political parties do not very happily accepts. The Supreme Court has given us the power which was there in the Constitution but not becoming the reality,"
Then the transparency in the elections brought in by the Supreme Court's directives has also helped the Commission conducting a fair election in the country.
The two compulsory affidavits required to be filed by the candidate, the model code of conduct, he said.
More From This Section
"The Supreme Court has made it (affidavits)compulsory for the candidates to file it. They would not listen to us but if Supreme Court says then it becomes a law," Quarishi stated.
"India has become the electoral superpower for the world. It is the global gold standard. This doesn't come easy and the world looks to us," he stressed.