Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Mahua Moitra Seeks FIR Against CEC Over Electoral Rolls
Mahua Moitra is a lawmaker from the Trinamool Congress party.
She gave police a complaint against India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar.
She wants police to investigate how voter lists were changed during a special review.
Moitra says two other election commissioners disagreed with some decisions many times.
She says the chief commissioner could not make decisions alone for the whole Election Commission.
She also questioned money spent on the voter-list exercise.
Her complaint says more than 13 crore names were removed from draft voter lists.
The Election Commission says its decisions were approved by all three commissioners, and police had not yet filed a case.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra submitted a police complaint against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi.
She cited reports that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times to poll-panel decisions over 10 months.
Moitra alleged Kumar acted without the other commissioners’ consent and issued unauthorized communications in the Election Commission’s name.
Her complaint questioned public spending on the Special Intensive Revision and alleged that more than 13 crore voter names were removed from draft rolls.
Police said the complaint was under verification and had not registered an FIR; Election Commission sources said all decisions, including SIR, were unanimous.
- Who
- Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra filed the complaint against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.
- What
- Moitra sought an FIR and investigation into alleged unauthorized decisions and manipulation of electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision.
- When
- Thursday; the cited objections allegedly occurred at least 14 times over the preceding 10 months.
- Where
- Parliament Street police station in New Delhi.
- Why
- Moitra alleged that Kumar acted without the other commissioners’ consent, questioned the use of public funds, and challenged the removal of voter names.
Moitra’s Allegations
Election Commission’s Response
Authority to make decisions
Moitra’s Allegations
Moitra alleged that the CEC could not act for the Commission against the recorded opinions of the other two commissioners or issue communications they had not approved.
Election Commission’s Response
Election Commission sources said all decisions, including those connected with SIR, were unanimous and approved by the CEC and both election commissioners.
Changes to electoral rolls
Moitra’s Allegations
Moitra alleged that eligible voters were wrongly removed, describing unauthorized deletions or falsification of a public register as conduct outside official duties.
Election Commission’s Response
The articles report that EC officials said the two commissioners had flagged decisions involving electoral-roll cleanup and voter-database handling, but the sources maintained that final decisions were unanimous.
Immunity and investigation
Moitra’s Allegations
Moitra argued that Section 16 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, does not prevent police from registering an FIR or investigating alleged criminal conduct.
Election Commission’s Response
The articles report the Election Commission’s position on unanimous decisions but do not provide a separate response from Gyanesh Kumar to Moitra’s interpretation of Section 16.
- Complainant
- Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP
- Complaint target
- Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner
- Police station
- Parliament Street police station, New Delhi
- Reported objections
- At least 14 objections over 10 months, according to reports cited by Moitra
- Election exercise
- Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, of electoral rolls
- Alleged voter deletions
- Moitra alleged that more than 13 crore names were removed from draft rolls
- Police response
- The complaint was under verification and no FIR had been registered by late evening
