– ANOTHER SHOCKING REPORT –
AN INDIAN EXPRESS INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Reporter :
@RitikaChopra__
There are three Election Commissioners in the Election Commission: the Chief Election Commissioner is Gyanesh Kumar, the second Election Commissioner is Sukhbir Sandhu, and the third is Vivek Joshi. Joshi and Sandhu have submitted written complaints on fourteen occasions stating that due process is not being followed.
The Election Commission is required to function on the basis of consensus. In the absence of consensus, decisions are to be taken by majority, as the Chief Election Commissioner is first among equals and does not possess any veto rights. Sandhu and Joshi continued to write letters and raise objections, yet decisions were still taken.
Full details and the consequences that followed :
When cases went to the tribunal in Bengal, the stand presented on behalf of the Commission was not known to the Election Commissioners, and they repeatedly complained about this. Changes were made to Form 6, which is used for the addition of new voters; the Commissioners were kept in the dark about these changes. They disagreed with the modifications and lodged continuous complaints.
There has been centralisation of data. Previously, at the SDM level — what we call EROs (Electoral Registration Officers) — these officers handled additions and deletions and conducted hearings. Continuous complaints reached Election Commissioners Joshi and Sandhu that they were unable to perform these functions because the central data team created in Delhi was not providing them access. This is a very serious allegation, as the Election Commission has always maintained that the process is highly decentralised, extending down to the SDM level, and that no manipulation is possible. The exact opposite has occurred.
Then there is a case from Goa, where election officers acknowledge that 97 voters are eligible. They repeatedly wrote to Delhi requesting that these voters be added and that a rollback option be provided on the website, the app, and in the data. However, no such option was given. The voter deadline passed, and the names could not be added.
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