SIR orders unanimous, Form 6 changes upheld by Supreme Court: Election Commission issues statement amid dissent row
SIR row: The Election Commission confirmed all decisions on the electoral rolls revision were approved by its commissioners. They clarified that letters from two commissioners to the Cabinet Secretary were unrelated to policy or IT decisions.
The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that all decisions regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were made with the unanimous approval of all three Election Commissioners. This clarification follows reports of dissent between Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and his fellow Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
The EC stated that letters written by Sandhu and Joshi to Cabinet Secretary Garvit Bhirani, on deputation with the poll panel, were related to the functioning of an officer, not any policy decision of the Commission or its IT division. The Supreme Court recently upheld changes made to Form 6, the application used for adding names to the voters' list.
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