Overview
- The Election Commission met on Saturday and issued a detailed press note saying the June 24, 2025 SIR order and subsequent schedules were approved unanimously and announcing operational fixes including Booth Level Officer home visits, extended claims deadlines in some states and special enrolment drives.
- An Indian Express investigation reported that two election commissioners filed at least 14 formal objections between November 2025 and August 2026 about SIR decisions, changes to Form 6 and restrictions on access to the ECINet voter database, a disclosure that triggered street protests by the Opposition.
- Opposition parties have staged nationwide demonstrations, are preparing a fresh removal or impeachment notice against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and will hold an INDIA bloc meeting on September 30 to coordinate their response.
- A petition filed in the Supreme Court seeks prosecution of the CEC and senior officials, citing alleged unilateral decision-making, centralisation of voter data on ECINet and wrongful exclusions; the court petitions are pending and could prompt judicial review or orders.
- The row centers on control of electoral-roll data and a disputed change to Form 6 that two commissioners called unauthorised, eroding public trust in the ECI and raising the prospect of IT audits, tighter procedural rules and intensified parliamentary and legal oversight.