Chennai: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram on Friday said that chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should be “surcharged for double expenditure” for the handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. He also demanded accountability of the CEC.
In an X post, he alleged that 13.3 crore names were removed without due process. SIR has been abandoned for the 17 remaining States and Union territories, and it will only be the customary SSR (special summary revision). “Why were 20 states discriminated against under SIR, and 13,30,00,000 names (including the dead) removed without due process? Earlier reporting noted: Speaking about TVK’s participation in the protest on October 15, Thirumavalavan said the party had recently joined the INDIA bloc ’s Tamil Nadu unit and was expected to participate in similar protests at the national level in the future.
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Documents to prove citizenship need not be produced,” Chidambaram said. Chidambaram alleged that after removing crores of names “illegally”, ECI has undertaken another exercise to include the “left-out” voters. “Gyanesh Kumar should be surcharged for the double expenditure,” he demanded. Recently, they have joined the Tamil Nadu unit; later on, they will participate in the protest at the national level,” he told ANI.
“After the protests and the notice issued by Supreme Court, wisdom has dawned on Election Commission of India and Gyanesh Kumar. He questioned the rationale behind deletion of names from the electoral roll of other states through the SIR exercise. Download the TOI App. They are against the Election Commission and the Union government.
Earlier reporting noted: “TVK has already joined the INDIA bloc. Earlier reporting noted: ‘TVK against EC, SIR’: VCK leader claims Vijay’s party to join INDIA bloc protest ‘at national level’ soon Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led TVK has joined the Opposition’s protest in Chennai against chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan said on Friday. They attended the INDIA bloc protest yesterday.