The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja has raised concerns about the previous intra-party elections held by the PTI, stating that the ECP had given the party another chance to conduct internal polls after dragging its feet on the issue for five years. This was discussed during a five-member ECP bench hearing challenges against PTI’s latest intra-party elections, held on Dec 2. The CEC declared the previous internal elections as ‘invalid’ and emphasized the ECP’s role as a regulator of political parties. PTI’s lawyers argued that despite their reservations, the party had complied with ECP’s order to hold elections. The ECP’s next hearing is set for Dec 14.