Election Commission making a mockery of the Constitution: Dipankar
CPI(ML) Liberation leader Dipankar Bhattacharya has accused the Election Commission of India of procedural irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in Bihar. The party claims its own survey found significant errors in voter deletions, suggesting a lack of transparency.
Why it matters
Allegations of voter list manipulation strike at the core of democratic integrity and public trust in electoral institutions.
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Thursday (October 1, 2026) slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alleged illegalities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Mr. Bhattacharya said that reports emerging indicated that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar took decisions within the three-member Election Commission without the consent of the other two members.
He said this during a Jan Sunwai (public hearing) in Patna on the issue of wrongful SIR deletions in Bihar. The hearing was organised by the Bihar State CPI (ML) Liberation and was based on the findings of a voter verification survey conducted by the party in the districts of Siwan, Gopalganj, Bhojpur, Buxar, Patna, Arwal and Jahanabad.
Mr. Bhattacharya mentioned that the door-to-door survey has covered 102 booths in the ten constituencies, which include Bhore (SC), Darauli (SC), Jeeradei, Paliganj, Ara, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Dumraon, Arwal and Ghosi.
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