INDIA Bloc Parties to Meet in New Delhi on September 30 Over EC Electoral Roll Revision
· India · Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times
Opposition INDIA bloc parties are scheduled to meet at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on September 30 to formulate a joint response to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby are among the leaders expected to attend as opposition coordination grows over poll panel decisions. The mobilization follows reports that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised objections on several occasions regarding the SIR exercise, a claim the Election Commission has rejected by maintaining that all decisions were approved unanimously. Left parties have demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an immediate halt to the revision, while the Congress Working Committee is set to meet on September 29 to finalize its strategy. The opposition is also working on a fresh removal notice against Kumar to be submitted in both Houses of Parliament afte
Why it matters
The confrontation between opposition parties and the Election Commission over electoral roll revisions tests the political unity of the INDIA bloc and puts institutional oversight of India's poll panel under intense scrutiny.
Read the original report — Times of India
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