All-party meet seeks CEC’s removal, suspension of SIR
Left parties, Congress, YSRCP and civil society groups allege large-scale deletion of voters’ names and call for restoration of names and reforms in the Election Commission
Political parties and civil society organisations have called for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, following allegations that 13 crore names were deleted from the rolls. At a meeting organised by the Left parties, CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao alleged that the Chief Justice of India should be included in the committee for appointing Election Commissioners, while former Union Minister J.D.
Seelam demanded his immediate removal. The meeting also sought a forensic audit of the Election Commission's systems and called for protests on September 28 and October 2.
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