India, Oct. 19 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a series of changes since September 23, following an Indian Express report stating that two of its three members, election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, recorded at least 14 objections over 10 months to decisions they claimed were made without their knowledge or approval.

The objections concerned changes to management of the electoral-roll database and the handling of voter additions, deletions and restorations. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets seeking chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and the scrapping of the electoral roll Special Intensive Review (SIR). Authorities ordered Metro closures, Internet shutdowns...