Tag: Election Commission of India

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind raises alarm over 2.29 crore fewer voters across five states after SIR, demanding electoral transparency ahead of Assembly polls. The organisation also flags the Azam Khan case, with Salim Engineer alleging political witch-hunting and misuse of investigative agencies

A public hearing in Delhi’s Trilokpuri heard testimonies from voters deleted during SIR, as an MKSS-led audit flagged 416 alleged wrongful deletions. Rahul Gandhi, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav attended the hearing, where residents raised concerns over voter exclusion and demolitions.

AISA president Neha Bora has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a peace bond notice issued by Delhi Police under the BNSS. The student organisation alleges police intimidation and a crackdown on peaceful protests demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and the rollback of SIR

The Congress has defended calls for regime change through elections as its confrontation with the BJP intensifies over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. With P. Chidambaram and Pawan Khera challenging the BJP’s criticism, separate Supreme Court proceedings have brought electoral transparency, voter deletions and the limits of political protest into sharper focus.

Rahul Gandhi led the INDIA bloc’s anti-SIR campaign for two consecutive days, from a march towards the Supreme Court to a high-tea strategy meeting. The Opposition seeks an early hearing on its petition and demands greater transparency in voter-list revisions.

Rahul Gandhi’s confrontation with the Election Commission over SIR has moved from Parliament to the streets. As Congress expands its protests over alleged voter deletions, the BJP challenges its claims, turning the electoral-roll dispute into a wider battle over institutional credibility and democracy