SIR ordered unanimously, Form 6 changes upheld by Supreme Court: Election Commission issues statement amid controversy over dissent

The Election Commission on Saturday said the decisions regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were taken with the consent of all the three election commissioners. The poll panel also pointed out that the Supreme Court had upheld the changes made in Form 6, the application used for adding names to the electoral roll, according to PTI.

The clarification came amid reports of differences between Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. The EC said the letters written by Sandhu and Joshi to the Cabinet Secretary were not related to any policy decision by the Commission or its IT division.

According to the EC, the correspondence instead concerned the functioning of an official who is on deputation to the Election Commission.

(This is a developing story. More to come)