Goa Voter Row Intensifies Congress Attack on EC, Jairam Ramesh Alleges Centralised ECINet Blocked Restoration of 97 Eligible Voters
The voters were found eligible by local officers, but the central ECINet system lacked a rollback option, leaving them off the final roll, officials said.
- Goa Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Goel wrote to the Election Commission of India eight times in seven days seeking restoration of 97 voters deleted by ECINet software; the system lacked rollback functionality, leaving them off the final roll.
- This incident stems from the centralized ECINet platform, which restricts Electoral Registration Officers from reversing deletions despite statutory authority granted under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, effectively concentrating control in Delhi.
- Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times in 10 months to ECINet's centralization and unauthorized restrictions on statutory authorities, internal records reveal.
- Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh cited these reports on Thursday, alleging the software has 'annihilated' constitutional safeguards and deliberately excluded voters to undermine electoral integrity.
- Jharkhand BJP Chief Spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo rejected the allegations, accusing the Opposition of a coordinated campaign to discredit constitutional institutions amid growing institutional credibility concerns.
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CEC Row: 97 Names, EC Objections And Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Vote Chori’ Charge And Demand For Gyanesh Kumar Resignati
The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has come under renewed scrutiny following a dispute over 97 voter names in Goa and reports of objections raised by two Election Commissioners on issues related to the revision exercise. According
‘EC owes apology to nation’: Shashi Tharoor over report of 97 eligible Goa voters left out of electoral roll
Tharoor said the reported exclusion had consequences beyond voting rights, referring to people who could be dependent on access to government-linked services.
Goa Voter Row Intensifies Congress Attack on EC, Jairam Ramesh Alleges Centralised ECINet Blocked Restoration of 97 Eligible Voters
As per the report cited by Jairam Ramesh, the 97 voters had initially been flagged during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for what the Election Commission describes as “logical discrepancies”.
"Goa CEO wrote to ECI 8 times in 7 days": Jairam Ramesh raps ECI following fresh report citing voter deletion
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday cited a recent media report by The Indian Express revealing that despite the Goa Chief Electoral Officer writing to the ECI eight times in seven days to restore the voters deleted by the ECINet software, the voters remained deleted.
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