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Urdu Dailies Call For Chief Election Commissioner's Exit Amid Deepening Poll Panel Crisis
Reported by Rohit Yadav (Staff Writer) · Indian Express - Political Pulse ·
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Representative image · Wikimedia CommonsFrom the Urdu Press: 'CEC Gyanesh Kumar must step down, EC's credibility is at stake'. Over the week, the coverage of the Urdu press was dominated by wide-ranging ramifications of the investigation by The Indian Express that shone light on the rupture and disquiet within the Election Commission (EC), reporting that two of the EC's three Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, had recorded their objections, 14 times in 10 months, on a gamut of issues: decisions taken without their knowledge; changes to Form 6 for new voters; deletion and restoration of voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR); and centralisation of the voter database. The Urdu dailies read in t
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What Happened
Urdu dailies have strongly criticized Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar following an investigation revealing deep internal dissent within the Election Commission, where two commissioners raised objections fourteen times over voter database centralization and revision processes.
Why It Matters
The controversy strikes at the heart of India's democratic framework by calling into question the political neutrality and operational transparency of the country's primary electoral watchdog, which is constitutionally mandated to ensure free and fair polls.
What Happens Next
Opposition parties are pursuing legal petitions in high courts and the Supreme Court while planning an impeachment motion in Parliament, while public protests and demands for an impartial probe into voter list revisions continue to mount.
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