Election Commission sources reject report of internal disquiet: ‘SIR, all other decisions unanimous’
The objections covered voter registration, deletions and database control, with commissioners saying several decisions were taken without their knowledge.
- On Wednesday, the All India Trinamool Congress alleged that BJP workers attacked IT cell head Upasana at her Kolkata home, vandalizing her vehicle, while party officials claimed former MLA and senior police officer Humayun sustained injuries.
- The political storm follows an Indian Express investigation revealing that two Election Commissioners formally objected 14 times in 10 months to decisions made by CEC Gyanesh Kumar regarding the Special Intensive Regulation process.
- Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi branded electoral-roll moves 'unauthorised and illegal,' specifically challenging changes to Form 6 and the gradual centralisation of the electoral roll database.
- Opposition leaders, including Aam Aadmi Party's Saurabh Bharadwaj and CPI-M's John Brittas, have called for unity against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, with Brittas labelling the Commission a 'one-man autocracy' while Congress scheduled a news conference.
- Although the investigation establishes that objections were raised, it does not confirm misconduct by the ECI chief, though the dispute highlights critical concerns regarding the integrity of India's electoral roll management and constitutional decision-making processes.
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He says, "BJP govt is playing a game with SIR. They want to remove Muslims from the country and make it a Hindu country. The govt, by the way of SIR, cannot remove the names of voters. The court has severely attacked the Election Commission on SIR.
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