18 Mar 2024
No SIR figures for Uttarakhand are in the record yet. It is in Phase III of the SIR.
Included in Deccan Herald's Phase III draft tally of 17 States/UTs (1 Sep 2026), but no figure for Uttarakhand on its own is in the record (numbers-phase3-draft-tally-2026-09-01).
NCP (SP)'s Supriya Sule called the rift dangerous for democracy and sought an all-party meeting. Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Sanjay Raut alleged the CEC acted on Home Minister Amit Shah's directions. Maharashtra Congress asked the Supreme Court to act suo motu.
No direct response to this statement was found. The Commission's standing reply to the investigation is its 23 Sep 2026 press note (sir-rules-eci-pn-119-response).