New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Congress said on Monday that the government should have postponed the meeting of the committee to select the next Chief Election Commissioner in view of the petitions pending before the Supreme Court.

The Congress held a press conference on the day party leader Rahul Gandhi attended the committee meeting and said that the Act, which constitutes this committee, "creates a partisan and non-neutral mechanism for the selection of Election Commissioners".

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the government wants "only control but not credibility," and the most important aspect for the Election Commission is "credibility."

"Removing or trying to keep the Chief Justice out of the appointment (of CEC) process as an ...