🚨#Important: Several petitions are now being filed in the High Courts and the Supreme Court “against” the actions of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
But we must not forget what happened the last time citizens knocked on the doors of the judiciary. The Supreme Court ENSURED that the SIR happened in Bengal in whatever manner barely months before the election. When the consequences of mass voters deletions became impossible to ignore, Justice Joymalya Bagchi in that bench made an extraordinary observation that those unable to vote “this time” could vote “next time”.
Who is to tell him that there is no “next time” for a possibly stolen election?
So because the courts are constitutional institutions, let them hear these new petitions against Gyanesh as many times as they want. Let them pass whatever orders they want to. But our democratic demand for Gyanesh Kumar’s accountability will NOT BE outsourced to the courtrooms.
The people will decide.
Because ultimately, neither an Election Commissioner nor a judge owns Indian democracy. We, the People, do.
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Another day, another @IndianExpress break on the EC.
Sept 23. Our investigation breaks. The EC responds the same day: its platforms are protected against "unauthorized tampering", and EROs "function as per statutory powers."
What we didn't know was this.
The very next day, Maharashtra's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) wrote to the EC in Delhi asking for FOUR changes to ECINet, so EROs could use the discretion the law already gives them.
The same concern Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had put on record.
Stay with me for @vallabhozarkarr's cracker of a story in today's edition
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@abhijeet_dipke BJP and ECI don't need permission to steal, delete or add our votes, but we need permission to protest that! What a country we live in.
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According to the reports , Manipur anger erupts as 7 villagers arrested in Kholen, 6 Kuki-Zo civilians kil!ed in Tamenglong attacks.
Protesters: When civilians are killed, justice can't disappear. Same law must apply to all.
Years of vi0lence destroyed trust, unequal action now pushing anger deeper.
Telangana Congress leaders and workers stage a protest from the Ambedkar Statue at Tank Bund to the Election Commission office in Hyderabad on September 24, 2026, against alleged misuse of power by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Video: Ramakrishna G/The Hindu.
Gyanesh Kumar must go!
Demand 1: Initiation of criminal proceedings against Gyanesh immediately, and an answer to the question: Who gave him the orders?
Demand 2: Put all upcoming elections on hold. Freeze the SIR and restore the January 2025 voter list. Set up an independent inquiry into the entire SIR decision-making process. We also demand that the Supreme Court immediately take custody of all SIR-related files to ensure no records are destroyed, altered or go missing.
Demand 3: Repeal the 2023 law on the appointment of the Election Commissioners of India and enact a new law that inspires public confidence, with the active participation of members of civil society.