Overview
- Top INDIA bloc leaders met in New Delhi on Wednesday, September 30 to finalise a joint action plan after reports that two Election Commissioners recorded repeated objections to decisions on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
- The bloc has prepared a draft parliamentary notice seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal and demanded that pre-SIR voter rolls be used for future polls.
- Opposition leaders announced a week-long 'Save Democracy' campaign with district marches from October 2–8 and an all-MPs march to the Election Commission on October 6, plus plans for larger rallies thereafter.
- The Election Commission issued formal clarifications saying its final SIR decisions were unanimous and that internal differences can occur, while some opposition parties stayed away from the meeting and a few NDA allies publicly defended the poll panel.
- The dispute centres on SIR changes such as edits to Form 6 and centralised roll management that opponents say led to large-scale deletions and can disenfranchise voters, a concern that could deepen public mistrust of the ECI and shape demands for legal and procedural reforms.