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Jharkhand Left Parties Demand SIR Halt, CEC Resignation
Several Left-wing political parties in Jharkhand want the voter-list checking process to stop.
This process is called Special Intensive Revision, or SIR.
They also want Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
The parties accused the Election Commission of acting like an agent of the BJP and Union government.
They said many voters could lose their names from electoral rolls.
They asked the Supreme Court to examine a report about disagreements inside the Election Commission.
The report said two election commissioners had objected to some decisions and orders.
The parties plan protests in Jharkhand from September 28 to October 2.
Jharkhand’s Left parties demanded an immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
They called for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and the Election Commission’s reconstitution.
The parties alleged that the Election Commission was acting in favor of the BJP and Union government.
They urged the Supreme Court to examine reports of internal dissent within the poll panel over SIR decisions.
The parties announced district-level protests across Jharkhand from September 28 to October 2.
- Who
- Jharkhand units of the CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation, Forward Bloc, RSP and SUCI.
- What
- They demanded an immediate halt to SIR, Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and reconstitution of the Election Commission.
- Where
- Ranchi, Jharkhand, with protests planned at the district level across the state.
- When
- The demands were reported on September 27; district-level protests were announced for September 28 to October 2.
- Why
- The parties said SIR could remove eligible voters from electoral rolls and cited reported internal dissent within the Election Commission.
Key facts
- Main demand
- Immediate suspension of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Resignation sought
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Institutional demand
- Reconstitution of the Election Commission
- Protests
- District-level demonstrations planned from September 28 through October 2
- Reported dissent
- The Indian Express reported at least 14 objections by Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi over 10 months
- Issues cited
- Changes to Form 6, voter-list additions and deletions, and centralized control of the electoral-roll database
- States mentioned
- West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jharkhand
Quotes
Prakash Viplav
Jharkhand CPI(M) secretary
“The figures recently released by the Election Commission for Jharkhand suggest that a significant number of people here will be deprived of the opportunity to vote, and will have their names removed from the rolls”
theprint.in
“We demand an immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the country, resignation of Gyanesh Kumar and reconstitution of the Election Commission”
theprint.in
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