Congress MP Manish Tewari has once again raised the issue of independence and autonomy of the Election Commission. Tiwari has also introduced a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha for discussion on it, which seeks to constitute a high-level committee under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. There has also been a demand to include the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Justice of India in this committee. Further, the bill also seeks to give more powers to the Election Commission to "regulate, monitor and superintend" the internal working of all political parties, including internal elections of all registered political parties. Manish Tiwari has argued that a large number The internal functioning and structures of political parties have become very opaque and there is a need to make their functioning transparent, accountable and rule based.

The Bill envisages a fixed tenure of six years for the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners and three years from the date of appointment for Regional Commissioners. The private member's bill seeks to include the Prime Minister, the Home Minister, the Leader of the Opposition or the Leader of the House in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and the Chief Justice of India, as well as the two senior-most judges of the Supreme Court. Only the judges of the Supreme Court will be able to remove them under the whole process. Further, after retirement they should not be eligible for reappointment to any office under the Government of India, State Governments and the Constitution.

The Bill also seeks to provide necessary measures to the Election Commission of India to regulate, monitor and supervise the internal working of all political parties. A provision in the Bill says that the regulation, monitoring and superintendence of the internal working of all registered political parties, including internal elections under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, shall be vested in the Election Commission. The Bill states that the Election Commission shall regulate, monitor and supervise the internal elections of registered political parties in accordance with their respective constitutions, until a model internal code is laid down by the Election Commission. 

If a registered political party fails to comply with the advice, period and directions issued by the Election Commission with regard to its internal affairs, the recognition of such political party as State or National may be withdrawn by the Election Commission. deems fit under section 16A of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment Order).