Kochi Corporation Council passes SIR resolution amid protests; BJP councillors walk out
The resolution, backed by Left Democratic Front parliamentary party leader V.A. Sreejith, criticised Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for allegedly bringing disrepute to a constitutional position through the purported sabotage of the democratic process by stripping over 13 crore voters of their voting rights
The Kochi Corporation Council passed a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) resolution amid protests from six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors who walked out of the meeting. The resolution expressed solidarity with nationwide protests against alleged irregularities in the SIR of electoral rolls. BJP councillors, led by Priya Prasanth, strongly protested the resolution, accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of discrediting the constitutional position and stripping over 13 crore voters of their rights.
The BJP councillors accused the Mayor and UDF councillors of intolerance and accused the Mayor of failing to uphold the sanctity of the position.
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