"No evidence to prove anything went wrong": Dilip Ghosh defends SIR after report on objections by two Election Commissioners
Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Thursday defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying there was no evidence to establish that anything had gone wrong, amid a political row over a report that two Election Commissioners had raised objections to decisions related to the exercise.
Speaking to reporters here, Ghosh reacted to an Indian Express report which said Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over 10 months to decisions and orders issued in connection with electoral-roll procedures. The reported concerns included changes to Form 6, voter deletions and the handling of electoral-roll data.
"SIR was even discussed in court, a...
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