Charge and answer

Kejriwal demands CEC's arrest, scrapping of SIR and fresh elections

AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal called the SIR illegal, accused the CEC of running the Commission single-handedly, and demanded his arrest, restoration of rolls from three years earlier and fresh elections in six states and Delhi.

No response on record.

Singhvi: CEC 'bulldozed' his colleagues, must resign; release dissent notes

Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi said the report showed the CEC had sidelined his fellow Commissioners, citing the 1995 Supreme Court ruling that the Commission is a multi-member body, demanded Gyanesh Kumar's resignation and asked that all dissent notes be made public.

No response on record.

Report: online Form 6 on ECINET adds 'last SIR' question without rule change

By 11 July 2026 the online Form 6 on ECINET, the statutory form for new voters, carried an inserted 'declaration form' section asking whether the applicant's own name or a parent's or grandparent's name was in the last SIR roll, with booth and serial numbers. It was not marked mandatory but the form could not be submitted without answering. The downloadable paper Form 6 did not include it, and no amendment to the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 had been notified. It applied in all SIR states except Bihar, and not in Assam.

Rahul Gandhi asks Commission for machine-readable rolls and CCTV footage

Replying to the Commission's source-based rebuttal, Rahul Gandhi said a constitutional body should not answer through unsigned notes, and asked it to publish consolidated machine-readable voter rolls and release post-5 pm CCTV footage from Maharashtra polling booths.

Rahul Gandhi makes public his dissent note on CEC appointment

Rahul Gandhi posted his dissent note, which said an independent Commission depends on how commissioners are chosen, that dropping the CJI violated the Supreme Court's order, and that the process should be deferred until the court ruled. He called a midnight decision while the case was pending disrespectful and discourteous.

Rahul Gandhi tells Lok Sabha the selection panel is 'two to one'

In the Lok Sabha in early February 2025, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi said he would attend the selection meeting only to certify what the Prime Minister and Home Minister decided, and that removing the CJI from the committee looked like a calculated strategy.

No response on record.

Adhir Chowdhury records dissent: 212 names overnight, six-name shortlist minutes before

Chowdhury said he was sent 212 names the night before the meeting and a six-name shortlist only eight to ten minutes before it began, despite asking for bio-profiles in advance. He said he recorded dissent on procedure, not on the individuals chosen.