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India Election Commission faces legal and political crisis

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The political crisis surrounding the Election Commission of India (ECI) has intensified as the opposition demands the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The Congress party and the INDIA bloc allege that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process resulted in the illegal removal of approximately 13 to 14 crore voters, characterizing it as ‘vote theft.’ Data released by the ECI and state officials confirms a substantial decrease in voter numbers across five states following the SIR. The total voter count in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, and Manipur fell from approximately 18.71 crore to 16.43 crore, a 12.2 percent decline. Uttar Pradesh saw the largest reduction, with approximately 2.04 crore voters removed, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the total decline across these five states. ~~Other reductions include 14 lakh in Punjab, 8 lakh in Uttarakhand, 1.3 lakh in Manipur, and 1.3 lakh in Goa.~~ Internal disputes ~~persist~~ regarding administrative ~~control.~~ control persist. Following complaints from Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi against Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Manish Garg, the ECI issued a new work allocation order effective November 4. This order formalizes the distribution of administrative, IT, and grievance responsibilities, specifically directing the Director General of Information Technology to route files through Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma. ~~The Commission noted in a~~ This arrangement addresses concerns regarding the potential centralization of the electoral roll database and digital system access. In response to Supreme Court ~~affidavit that this order serves~~ observations regarding voter disenfranchisement, the ECI has directed chief electoral officers in Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana, and Nagaland to ~~formalize~~ facilitate the ~~current structure following previous disputes over duty reassignment.~~ re-inclusion of electors previously marked as Absent, Shifted, Dead, or Duplicate (ASDD) during the SIR exercise. The commission will provide fresh enumeration forms and allow voters to retain their original EPIC numbers to preserve historical records.

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