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Dilip Ghosh Questions Reports of Election Commissioners’ Objections
Dilip Ghosh questioned a report about disagreements inside the Election Commission.
The report said two Commissioners objected to decisions at least 14 times.
The issues reportedly involved adding or removing names from voter lists.
The Election Commission said all its decisions were unanimous.
Ghosh said people whose names were wrongly removed could provide documents to restore them.
He also criticized Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders for demanding the arrest of Gyanesh Kumar.
Separately, Ghosh discussed a planned 2,000-bed hospital by the Adani Group.
He said half of its beds would be free for poor people.
Dilip Ghosh questioned reports that two Election Commissioners formally objected to poll-panel decisions.
A report said Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times over 10 months.
The reported objections involved electoral-roll additions, deletions and whether Commissioners were informed about decisions.
The Election Commission said decisions, including the Special Intensive Revision, were unanimous.
Ghosh also criticized opposition demands to arrest Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and discussed an Adani hospital project.
- Who
- West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, the Election Commission, and opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi.
- What
- Ghosh questioned reports that Sandhu and Joshi recorded objections to Election Commission decisions and criticized demands to arrest Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Where
- New Town, West Bengal.
- When
- The remarks were made on Thursday; the reported objections covered a period of 10 months.
- Why
- Ghosh said the reports lacked evidence and defended the Election Commission’s claim that its decisions were unanimous.
Report and Opposition Concerns
Ghosh and Commission Position
Internal objections
Report and Opposition Concerns
A leading daily reported that Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times to Election Commission decisions and processes.
Ghosh and Commission Position
The Election Commission maintained that its decisions were taken unanimously with the approval of all three Commissioners.
Electoral-roll revision
Report and Opposition Concerns
The reported concerns included the addition and deletion of voter names and whether the two Commissioners were kept informed.
Ghosh and Commission Position
Ghosh said critics had no evidence of wrongdoing and that people could provide documents to restore wrongly removed names.
Calls for arrest
Report and Opposition Concerns
Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders demanded the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Ghosh and Commission Position
Ghosh said Rahul Gandhi could not decide who should be arrested and defended the conduct of the election.
Key facts
- Reported objections
- At least 14 occasions over 10 months
- Issues cited
- Electoral-roll additions and deletions, and whether Commissioners were informed about decisions
- Election Commission position
- All decisions, including the Special Intensive Revision, were unanimous
- Ghosh’s response on deleted names
- People could submit documents and seek restoration of their names
- Hospital project
- The Adani Group is proposing a 2,000-bed hospital in New Town
- Free hospital beds
- Ghosh said 1,000 beds would be provided free to poor people
- Land policy
- Ghosh said land could be reclaimed from companies that acquired it but failed to begin work
Quotes
Dilip Ghosh
West Bengal Minister commenting on reports of objections within the Election Commission
“If you cannot win an election because the public does not vote for you after someone conducted a free and fair election where they lost, who is responsible for that?”
thehansindia.com
“The issue of SIR was also discussed in court, and people even approached the courts. But nothing came of it, did it? They have no evidence of what went wrong.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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