‘CEC ruling like a dictator’: Opposition on report that poll commissioners objected to SIR decisions

The Opposition on Wednesday said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was “ruling like a dictator”, after a report by The Indian Express said that the two other election commissioners had objected to the poll panel’s decision about the special intensive revision of electoral rolls 14 times in 10 months.

Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections on matters such as the registration of new voters, deletions and restoration of electors, filing of appeals against voter inclusion, and custody and security of the electoral rolls, The Indian Express reported.

Their objections were addressed to the Election Commission and copied to Kumar, the newspaper reported. Some were also sent to deputy election commissioners.

In one written objection, Sandhu said that the poll panel had acted against the written advice of both commissioners and described the action as “unauthorised and illegal”.

मोदी के चहेते ज्ञानेश कुमार चुनाव आयोग में अपनी मनमर्जी चला रहे हैं।

? इस बारे में खुद दो चुनाव आयुक्तों ने 10 महीने में 14 बार शिकायत की है।

▪️ शिकायत में साफ कहा गया कि दोनों चुनाव आयुक्त - सुखबीर सिंह संधू और विवेक जोशी को महत्वपूर्ण फैसलों की जानकारी नहीं दी जाती। उनसे… pic.twitter.com/uPeLz6NcZF— Congress (@INCIndia) September 23, 2026

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