- Congress-BJP clash over Special Intensive Revision and CEC authority
- Jairam Ramesh and the Congress party criticized the Election Commission over voter notices and the SIR process in Delhi.
- Congress accuses the Election Commission of systematically excluding voters through the SIR process in Delhi, holding government officials accountable.
Prakash Raj demands the scrapping of the SIR exercise as protesters accuse the EC of vote theft.
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Updated Oct 8
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What happened
Prakash Raj demands the scrapping of the SIR exercise as protesters accuse the EC of vote theft.
Who's involved
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Part of
Congress accuses the Election Commission of systematically excluding voters through the SIR process in Delhi, holding government officials accountable.Also in this story
- Amit Shah challenged Rahul Gandhi to participate in a debate regarding the SIR process in Delhi, leading to criticism from Derek O'Brien.
- Amit Shah, representing the BJP, alleged that the Congress party is seeking to implement bogus voting practices.
- BJP accuses rivals of questioning electoral processes and voter list revisions, causing political tension.
- Delhi police corralled protesters at Regal Cinema and bundled them into DTC buses during demonstrations targeting Modi and Gyanesh Kumar.
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The entities involved
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Prakash Raj
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election commission
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Related events
- Opposition bloc and Congress held protests in Delhi and Bengaluru against the Election Commission.
- Protests occurred in Delhi on November 1, 2026, while Gyanesh Kumar serves as Chief Election Commissioner.
- Protests demanding the removal of the chief election commissioner began on October 1, 2026, with marches starting from Parliament to the ECI headquarters.
- Gyanesh Kumar serves as the Chief Election Commissioner while the ECI handles elections in Karnataka, facing allegations of being a puppet for the ruling party.
- CPJ reported journalists were detained during protests, prompting Amnesty International to call for an investigation into abuses related to the ECI's work.