The Congress on Saturday said the Election Commission was in “damage control” mode after differences within the poll body came out following a media “expose” and demanded that the ongoing SIR exercise that has “disenfranchised crores” is suspended immediately.
The Congress also said that nothing short of CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation or prosecution will suffice.
The opposition party’s reaction came after the Election Commission issued a statement asserting that all Special Intensive Revision (SIR) orders were issued after approval from all three Election Commissioners and the changes in Form 6, through which names are included in the voters’ list, have been upheld by the Supreme Court.
The poll body also claimed that the letters sent by commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi to the Cabinet Secretary were not related to any policy matter of the Commission or its IT division, but to the working of an officer on deputation to it.
Reacting sharply to the EC statement, …
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EC in 'damage control' mode; CEC's resignation or prosecution needed: Cong
