“Democracy has survived a brutal assault from the Election Commission of India (ECI),” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a message shared on platform X.
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The Congress on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on the Bihar SIR issue, saying, “the apex court has laid down guardrails to make the revision more inclusive by including political parties in the process.”
The Supreme Court on Friday said that people excluded from the draft electoral roll during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar can submit an Aadhaar card along with the requisite form to object to their exclusion.
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“Democracy has survived a brutal assault from the Election Commission of India (ECI),” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a message shared on platform X.
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Recalling that on August 14th, the Supreme Court had intervened to set aside the ECI’s decision to withhold the list of deleted voters, Ramesh said that the apex court had directed that the list of deleted voters must be published along with the reasons for such deletions.
He further said that on August 14th, the Supreme Court had also directed the ECI to accept Aadhar cards as proof of identity for those deleted. Today, it reaffirmed Aadhar as a valid ID that the ECI must accept.
“Today, the Supreme Court has laid down guardrails to make the revision more inclusive by including political parties in the process. So far, the ECI’s approach has been obstructionist and contrary to the interests of the voters. We welcome this judgment especially because it gives us an enforceable right which the ECI cannot ignore,” Ramesh said, claiming further, “Today, the ECI stands totally exposed and discredited. Its G2 puppeteers stand decisively defeated.”
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