The CEC’s two press notes, at best, make the
#SIR 'expose' look like a storm in a teacup! They establish that disagreements & dissent are inevitable in an org handling an exercise as complex as SIR - not that SIR was illegal or its core decisions were unilateral which was the underlying intent.
The bigger question is: what prompted this inquisition by the
@IndianExpress ? To my mind, it was anything but a benign attempt to streamline SIR! Coming after the Bengal shock, the report was clearly an attempt at media sensationalism, to cast doubt on SIR’s legitimacy and hand the Opposition a political handle ahead of 2029.
That larger narrative now looks badly weakened. The two press notes have addressed procedural concerns while reaffirming that the core SIR decisions were taken unanimously. The conspiracy theory has little room left to run.