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Rahul Gandhi Moves Supreme Court Seeking Independent Audit of Voter Deletions and Halt to SIR
- •Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, challenging the nationwide Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- •The petition alleges unilateral decision-making by the CEC without the approval of other Election Commissioners and flags the deletion of nearly 13 crore names.
- •It raises concerns over modifications to Form 6 and the technical limitations of ECINET and ERONET databases regarding rollbacks for wrongfully deleted voters.
- •The eight demands include suspending the SIR exercise, conducting an independent audit of voter deletions by a retired judge, and disclosing booth-wise lists of removed voters.
- •The plea also seeks stricter safeguards against arbitrary removals, public access to official records, and verification that Form 6 complies with existing electoral rules.
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Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to challenge the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He alleged that the CEC acted unilaterally without the approval of other commissioners and questioned database systems that deleted nearly 13 crore names without a rollback facility.
The petition requests eight directions, including suspending the SIR exercise, ordering an independent audit headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, disclosing booth-wise lists of deleted voters, and ensuring Form 6 complies with existing registration rules.
Coinciding with the filing of the petition, the INDIA bloc staged a march from Connaught Place to the Supreme Court to protest the Election Commission's functioning and alleged vote theft. Although Chief Justice Surya Kant declined an earlier meeting request, he reiterated that every citizen has the right to approach the court.
