'What is going on inside EC?' Ministers, BJP allies call on poll body to clarify SIR row
Union minister HD Kumaraswamy and several NDA allies have called on the Election Commission of India to clarify reports of internal dissent. The request follows media reports alleging that two election commissioners recorded multiple written objections regarding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Why it matters
The controversy raises concerns about the transparency and institutional stability of India's autonomous election body during a sensitive electoral process.
NEW DELHI: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday called on the Election Commission EC to clarify amid the continuing row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Kumaraswamy said the responsibility for addressing reports of internal differences lay with the Election Commission itself and that the country needed to know what was actually happening within the constitutional body.“It is not the question of demands by any party or any leader. The responsibility of the Election Commission, that is important. What is the ground reality?
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