{
  "id": 10195157,
  "title": "Sibal escalates SIR row, demands CEC’s removal and review of elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/sibal-escalates-sir-row-demands-cecs-removal-and-review-of-elections",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T10:39:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kapil-sibal-alleges-unilateral-ec-decisions-seeks-action-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar/articleshow/134518325.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal has escalated the political row over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of taking unilateral decisions and demanding his removal from office. Sibal also urged the Supreme Court to examine the Election Commission's records, dissent notes, and orders issued during the period under question, and consider nullifying elections conducted during the 10-month period he referred to. The controversy stems from internal objections raised by election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi regarding decisions related to electoral rolls, the EC's IT systems, and the SIR exercise.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}