EC Says Poll Commissioners' Letters to Cabinet Secretary Not over Policy Matter, but 'Related to...'
- Following an investigative report alleging internal divisions, the Election Commission of India held a meeting of all three Commissioners to address concerns regarding ECINet and voter registration forms, reiterating that Commission decisions remain unanimous.
- The Indian Express investigation claimed Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected on record at least 14 times in 10 months, complaining to the Cabinet Secretary that work allocation changes removed IT oversight.
- Data indicates centralization of electoral databases disenfranchised 97 potential voters in Goa, though the ECI asserts that 81 of those individuals have already completed Form 6 for inclusion following house-to-house visits.
- Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh demanded the immediate suspension of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise, calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar while criticizing the Commission's response as a "defensive attempt to downplay" allegations.
- To ensure future oversight, the Commission mandated that all new IT initiatives must be discussed in a Committee of Officers before approval, while an independent expert from IIT/IIIT will review the ECINet system for compliance.
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Election Commission meets to defuse row over internal dissent, eases voter burden & constitutes panel to address data centralisation issue
ECI defuses internal dissent, eases voter burden, and forms panel to audit ECINET data centralisation, with updated IT practices and extended filing deadlines.
SIR row: ECI press note says all decisions were unanimous; BJP hits back at Congress
The Election Commission has reiterated that decisions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were taken unanimously by all three Election Commissioners, while clarifying that a letter to the Cabinet Secretary was related to an officer on deputation and not an ECI policy matter. BJP leaders Pralhad Joshi and Sambit Patra backed the Commission and criticised Congress. Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Shashi Tharoor, however, questioned …
ECI Clears Air On ECINet Row: What Sandhu And Joshi Told Cabinet Secretary
The Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified on Saturday that the letters sent to the Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan by the Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, were not related to any decision regarding the IT wing of
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