New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of enabling "Vote Chori" by denying political parties searchable electoral rolls for eight years and demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with an immediate suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

In a post on X, Ramesh wrote, "Over the past two years, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Shri Rahul Gandhi and the Congress Party have been persistent, insistent and consistent in demanding that the Election Commission of India provide electoral rolls in searchable format to all political parties. The demand was repeatedly refused by the ECI, which stopped providing searcha...