India, Oct. 26 -- The Opposition has alleged that the lack of transparency around the software used to flag errors and anomalies in voter rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has raised several questions for the Election Commission (EC) and dented public trust in the entire process.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday alleged that the poll body's refusal to share details on the ECINET software "reveals the reality of the massive, centralised manipulation that has taken place". Party leader Pawan Khera hit out at Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar for "blocking transparency" in the electoral process.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Menaka Guruswamy sought to know what the poll b...