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“There is a possibility of mistakes when doing any work for the first time. Out of 14,81,310 entries in the voter list, there are a total of 158 entries in which the names of the voters or their relatives appear strange. The strangeness of these names is due to such a mistake,” says statement released by Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh

Organised by the Disha Students’ Organisation and Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra (BSJAY), the demonstration also called for the repeal of the 2023 law governing the appointment of Election Commissioners

Indian farmers who helped force Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a rare policy retreat four years ago are set to join nationwide protests against a contentious overhaul of voter rolls on Friday, widening a movement challenging the country’s Election Commission.

Along with other CJP workers, they displayed the national flag at the site and shouted slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar before being detained and placed under preventive arrest

The Supreme Court asked the petitioner to approach the Election Commission instead, after the Allahabad High Court had earlier declined to entertain the same plea

Delhi is set to witness extensive traffic restrictions, heightened security and temporary metro station closures as INDIA bloc leaders prepare to march for allegations related to the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

The appointment is important as the two Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had written to Cabinet Secretary on how files of the ECI IT department head Dr Seema Khanna not being routed through Mr. Kumar, who was a seasoned officer, was a violation

Indian police detained Abhijeet Dipke, head of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, on Saturday ahead of a major protest against the Election Commission, the party said. "This is unprecedented," our guest Subir Sinha, director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, says.

In this edition of Access Asia, we find out why multiple protests have broken out in India after an investigation by The Indian Express raised concerns about the integrity of the country's Election Commission. Journalist Faye D'Souza joins us to unpack how Narendra Modi's government is facing mounting pressure from the political opposition and the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party. She also discusses the wider sense of discontent in India.

The agitation against the ECI is aimed at covering up Rahul Gandhi’s failures, he says

The Election Commission of India has responded to the INDIA bloc’s protest in Delhi, saying the Opposition’s request for a meeting outside the Commission’s headquarters was unusual and could not be accepted under established procedures.

The move comes hours after Delhi Police detained around 260 INDIA bloc protesters, including 10 MPs, during a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation

The march added to the campaign that Opposition parties have run against the Election Commission over the SIR and the working of the panel

BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao said decisions to delete voters’ names follow field-level verification, and criticised Congress and AIMIM’s allegations against the Election Commission

Congress leader Sachin Pilot alleged the SIR is being used to selectively delete voters, as he also criticised the Rajasthan government’s drought response and the AAP government in Punjab

He said this during a Jan Sunwai (public hearing) in Patna on the issue of wrongful SIR deletions in Bihar. The hearing was based on the findings of a voter verification survey conducted by the party in ten assembly constituencies. 

The court noted that the Election Commission has frozen the symbol, and therefore the larger issue as to who is entitled to the amount is pending adjudication

An official in the State poll body said S. Chockalingam made the request to the Election Commission of India in a letter sent on September 24

BJP State spokesperson Jalli Madhusudhan says the revision only removes dead and shifted voters, and that the Leader of the Opposition’s attacks on the Election Commission do not befit his office

The bloc demanded the repeal of the MMDR Amendment Act, 2026, and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, after protesters clashed with police near the Chief Minister’s residence

The Kalaburagi district unit of the Congress on Monday staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that the Election Commission was functioning with clear political bias

APCC leaders seek disclosure of file notings and legal basis for electoral-roll changes; demand ECINET security audit and suspension of SIR process