ECI faces fresh credibility crisis over voter database integrity
· India · BBC News, The Hindu, The Guardian
India's three-member Election Commission is embroiled in a credibility crisis after Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi repeatedly objected to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's decisions on voter database integrity, alleging they were kept in the dark on 14 occasions in the past 10 months. The Indian Express reported that the commissioners even wrote to the chief secretary over concerns about new voter enrolment and electoral roll security. This internal dissent comes as the Commission conducts a controversial Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, mired in allegations of manipulating voter lists to favour the BJP. The EC defends the revision as necessary to remove ineligible names, stating the last update was nearly a quarter-century ago.
Why it matters
The internal rift undermines public trust in the ECI ahead of crucial electoral revisions, potentially affecting the credibility of voter lists used in upcoming elections and raising concerns about the independence of the commission's decision-making process.
Read the original report — BBC News
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