Two Commissioners, One CEC, No Veto: How the Election Commission Decides
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi said decisions on new voter enrolment and deletions were taken without their input, raising concerns about the roll system.
- On Wednesday, an investigative report revealed that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times in 10 months to decisions made without their knowledge by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- The Election Commission is a three-member constitutional body that the 2023 Act requires to act "as far as possible, unanimously," yet Sandhu and Joshi alleged that directives including mass voter deletions were unauthorised and illegal.
- Specifically, the commissioners challenged the deletion of 130 million voters and modifications to Form 6, which new voters use to register, without legally required amendments to the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.
- ECI sources rejected the report, claiming all decisions were unanimous, while NCP MP Supriya Sule described the developments as "very shocking."
- These objections reflect broader concerns regarding the centralization of IT systems, which critics argue allows headquarters to override ground-level officials and creates a "system hurdle" for otherwise eligible voters.
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SIR row: If decisions were illegal, why didn't ECs approach President? Experts ask
Yogendra Yadav and Rajat Sethi questioned why Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi did not call a full Commission meeting if they believed SIR-related decisions were illegal,
EC Denies Internal Dispute Over SIR, Says All Three Commissioners Approved Key Decisions
The Election Commission has pushed back against claims of a serious internal rift over voter-roll decisions, with EC sources saying all major decisions, including the Special Intensive Revision exercise, had the approval of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.The clarification came after a report said Sandhu and Joshi had reco
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