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Supreme Court Plea Filed Against Election Commission Over Voter List Revision
- •Rahul Gandhi and 10 other opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of the voter list.
- •The petition demands complete disclosure of Election Commission files, agendas, and meeting details related to controversial decisions.
- •E. T. Mohammed Basheer, an IUML MP from Kerala, is listed as the 11th petitioner in the joint PIL representing the INDIA bloc.
- •The plea asks the court to ensure no voter's name is deleted without notice and demands an independent committee audit of database modifications.
- •Opposition leaders also seek an interim stay on the ongoing voter list revision until the matter is fully resolved.
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Rahul Gandhi and 10 other opposition leaders filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission's decision-making process regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, alleging vote theft and irregularities. The petition demands complete disclosure of EC files, agendas, and meeting notes, alongside a judicial inquiry into whether these decisions complied with Article 324 and the 2023 law governing the commission.
The 11th petitioner listed in the opposition's joint PIL against the Election Commission is E.T. Mohammed Basheer, a prominent leader and Member of Parliament from the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kerala. Including a key minority alliance face at the very end of the petition was seen as a strategic message by Rahul Gandhi to Muslims ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections.
The petition demands an independent committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to audit deletions and modifications in voter databases like ECINET and ERONET, as well as an interim stay on the ongoing SIR. It also seeks directives to ensure no voter's name is deleted without notice and a fair hearing, alongside publication of booth-wise deleted voter lists with demographic details and reasons.
