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Nagaland Congress Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar's Resignation Over Electoral Roll Irregularities
- •The Nagaland Congress demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, alleging arbitrary decisions regarding the Special Integrated Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls without consulting other election commissioners.
- •NPCC working president C Apok Jamir cited an Indian Express investigation claiming election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi raised 14 objections to the CEC's SIR decisions.
- •The Congress views the issue as having implications for the country's electoral and democratic process, calling for Kumar to step down on moral grounds.
- •While the Election Commission maintains that differences of views are part of deliberations and all final decisions were unanimous, the Congress expressed concern over the deletion of over one lakh electors in Nagaland.
- •The NPCC questioned the requirement of furnishing parents' names in Form 6 and highlighted alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions in other states, urging the EC to function transparently.
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The Nagaland Congress demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, alleging that decisions regarding the Special Intensive Regulation (SIR) of electoral rolls were made arbitrarily without consulting the other two election commissioners. Citing a media investigation, the party noted that commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections 14 times over 10 months.
The poll panel maintained that differing views are a normal part of internal deliberations within a multi-member constitutional body. It asserted that all final decisions concerning the SIR process were ultimately taken unanimously.
The Nagaland Congress expressed concern over the deletion of more than one lakh electors from the state's rolls and questioned the requirement to furnish parents' names in Form 6. They warned that unfair name removals could lead to political consequences.
