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2026 Indian electoral controversy
Controversy about decision-making process in India's electoral body
2026 Indian electoral controversy
The 2026 Indian electoral controversy or SIR/CEC row, refers to controversy surrounding the Election Commission of India (ECI) and its conduction of Special Intensive Revisions (SIR), a process for revision and verification of voter rolls, for procedural flaws and administrative failures resulting in mass disenfranchisement of voters that were otherwise found eligible. It gained significant coverage following a series of investigative reports by journalist Ritika Chopra, published in the The Indian Express on 23 September 2026, alleging internal dissent in the commission against alleged unilateral decision-making by the Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, in breach of 2023 election commissioners act. The report alleges that election commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, were not informed of several decisions passed by the CEC regarding the SIR process and that they had submitted written dissent towards these decisions at least 14 times in the 10 months...
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