'What is going on inside EC?' Ministers, BJP allies call on poll body to clarify SIR row
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the Election Commission to clarify reports of differences among its members amid the SIR controversy. His remarks came a day after three NDA allies — LJP(RV), RLM and TDP — also sought greater transparency from the poll panel. Reports of internal objections by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi have intensified political…
Union minister HD Kumaraswamy urged the Election Commission (EC) to clarify the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) controversy involving electoral rolls. Kumaraswamy emphasized that the responsibility for addressing internal disputes within the EC lies with the body itself, and the nation requires information on the ground reality of the situation inside the EC.
The issue emerged after The Indian Express reported that Elections Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had expressed dissent on 14 occasions during a ten-month period. This led opposition parties, including Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV), Upendra Kushwaha's RLM, and Chandrababu Naidu's TDP, to demand the EC to come out with a clarification to dispel public confusion surrounding the SIR exercise.
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