ECI Denies Rift Over SIR Voter Roll Revision — SkimNews
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- Election Commission of India held an internal meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi amid allegations of internal differences within the poll body.
- The ECI issued a clarification stating that all key decisions regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process were taken unanimously by consensus.
- Supreme Court of India had deemed the SIR-related decisions legally valid, the poll body's clarification noted.
- Bharatiya Janata Party and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu publicly supported the ECI's clarification.
- Opposition voices raised concerns regarding form amendments and deletions during the SIR process, keeping the dispute alive.
Why it matters: With the Supreme Court already validating the SIR decisions as legally valid, the Election Commission's unanimous-consensus clarification — backed by BJP and Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu — reinforces the poll body's position even as opposition parties continue flagging form amendments and deletions in the voter roll revision process.
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