SIR row: Congress' Khera questions EC over Form 6, says Bengal & Bihar polls ‘illegal’
Congress leader Pawan Khera has challenged the legality of recent elections in Bengal and Bihar, citing alleged procedural irregularities in the Election Commission's Form 6. He claims the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls was conducted using an illegally modified form that bypassed parliamentary approval.
Why it matters
This dispute questions the procedural integrity of India's electoral process and highlights internal disagreements within the Election Commission regarding administrative rule changes.
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday questioned the Election Commission's response to concerns over Form 6, claiming that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was based on a change to the form that could not have been made without amending the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.Speaking to news agency PTI, Khera said the rules could not be changed without being amended in Parliament and questioned whether the Election Commission had addressed the objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi."The 1960 Rules cannot be changed without being amended in Parliament. The biggest point of difference between Sandhu ji and Joshi with Gyanesh Kumar was this, and did we receive the answer to it today?"
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