New Delhi, July 4 -- A letter written by 24 Opposition parties and an Independent leader to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant last month, accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) of acting in a "brazen" and "biased" manner during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, was made public on Friday. The parties alleged that the exercise was rushed, poorly implemented and disenfranchised lakhs of voters, putting the country's democratic process "in jeopardy". Among the signatories were Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and Independent MP Kapil Sibal. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) also signed the letter despite its recent differences with the Congress over support for the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) after the Tamil Nadu elections. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which parted ways with the INDIA bloc in 2025, was also among the signatories. "We all, representing like-minded political parties, firmly opposed to the BJP, believe that the electoral process is being manipulated and outcomes in multiple instances do not reflect the will of the people," the parties said. Questioning the appointment process of Election Commissioners, the Opposition alleged, "Since 2014, almost every appointment made by the government has been of persons closely associated with it and seen to be doing the bidding of the government, brazenly, to manipulate the outcome of election results." The parties also criticised the SIR exercise, saying the ECI had justified it as a measure to improve the integrity of electoral rolls, but the outcome had been the opposite....