Over 2000 Citizens Write to CJI to Stay SIR, Initiate Suo Motu Proceedings on EC Conduct
The letter seeks a stay on the voter roll revision and a court-monitored audit of ECINet after more than 350 Delhi electors were marked ineligible.
- On Sunday, over 2,000 citizens signed an open letter to CJI Surya Kant urging suo motu proceedings into the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision exercise and ECINet deployment.
- The letter follows reports that more than 350 Delhi electors were marked "ineligible" during the ongoing revision, with about 200 in Vikaspuri and others in Madipur, Malviya Nagar, Sangam Vihar, and Tughlakabad.
- Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ashok Kumar warned Electoral Registration Officers on Friday against declaring electors "ineligible" without verifications, directing them to avoid deletions on "flimsy or frivolous grounds."
- Signatories sought penal action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for allegedly overriding statutory procedures and requested a court-monitored security audit of ECINet to restore decentralized control.
- Calling free and fair elections the bedrock of the Constitution, the letter urges a stay on the revision exercise across all States and Union Territories pending judicial review.
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The letter expresses concern that this special revision of the voter list may result in the exclusion of many valid voters and that changes to the software may undermine the transparency of the electoral process.
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