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BJP is trying to come to power in Kerala using the Election Commission of India and the ED, says Manish Sisodia of AAP at a seminar on 'Political persecution by Central agencies’ organised by the AKG Centre for Research and Studies.
More than 13 crore names have been struck off draft electoral rolls across 30 States and Union Territories since the Election Commission of India began the Special Intensive Revision in June 2025. The exercise has triggered protests and renewed scrutiny of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In this episode, Sonikka Loganathan speaks to Srinivasan Ramani, Senior Associate Editor at The Hindu, about the key issues that led to these many deletions, what the data tells us about who is being deleted and the constitutionality of this exercise.
The Gyanesh Kumar-led Election Commission of India, emboldened by a deferential Supreme Court judgment, has already disenfranchised lakhs of genuine electors through its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and risks excluding many more
Participating in a protest against the Election Commission of India in New Delhi recently, VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan raised doubts over TVK’s recent victory and attributed its success to the SIR process
The Election Commission of India says its role in the case is non-adversarial and that it would act in whichever way the court interprets the law
BJP national vice-president condemns Congress’s allegations against ECI; calls upon party cadre to win all seats in ensuing local body polls
He called Election Commission of India (ECI) a wing of BJP and targeted ECI chief Gyanesh Kumar saying, “He was heading ECI as part of BJP and under the name of SIR has done fraud with citizens of India.”
Two Election Commissioners objected on record 14 times in ten months — many decisions made without their knowledge. We break down the Indian Express investigation into ECI’s Special Intensive Revision, the Form 6 dispute, the ERONet centralisation row, and what it means for West Bengal’s 27 lakh deleted voters ahead of the state elections.
The Election Commission of India should scrutinise political parties and political finance rather than legitimate voters
“Highlighting certain specific internal notes/observations spread over the period of 10 months while overlooking the much larger body of approvals, decisions, instructions and initiatives give only one part of the picture,” ECI said
The Election Commission of India is functioning as a tool of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal
Justice S.M. Subramaniam wonders why the Election Commission of India should not frame guidelines to address the issue