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Shashi Tharoor Slams Election Commission: 'Conspiracy to Rob Voting Rights, Direct Assault on Democracy'.
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News18•28-09-2026, 18:35
Shashi Tharoor Slams Election Commission: 'Conspiracy to Rob Voting Rights, Direct Assault on Democracy'.
- •Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stated that an ongoing "conspiracy" aims to deprive Indian citizens of their democratic and constitutional right to vote.
- •Tharoor's remarks followed a report alleging that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected 14 times over 10 months.
- •The Election Commission of India (ECI) dismissed these objections as institutional dissent, calling them part of standard administrative processes.
- •Tharoor argued that it is better for a few ineligible people to vote than for millions of eligible citizens to be deprived of their right, calling it a "real attack on our democracy."
- •He mentioned that this serious issue would be discussed in detail at the upcoming Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
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Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months, alleging that crucial decisions were made in the name of the entire commission without their knowledge.
The Election Commission of India dismissed the suggestion that these objections constituted institutional dissent, stating that operational questions and inputs raised during drafting were part of its standard administrative and decision-making process.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor described the situation as a direct assault on democracy, alleging that a conspiracy was underway to deprive eligible Indian citizens of their constitutional right to vote.
