Amaravati, Sept. 26 -- YSR Congress Party chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said democracy could function only when people had complete confidence in constitutional institutions such as the Election Commission, and called for revisiting the process by which Election Commissioners are appointed amid the ongoing row over the ECI and SIR

His remarks come as opposition criticism heightened following an Indian Express report claiming that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections at least 14 times over 10 months regarding decisions and procedures linked to electoral rolls and database access.

"Democracy can stand only when people have complete confidence in c...