New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court, stating that all three Special Intensive Revision (SIR) orders issued across 2025 and 2026 were “unanimous decisions” reached with the collective consensus of the full Commission.
In its counter-affidavit responding to petitions challenging the administrative functioning and decision-making of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the poll monitoring body asserted that the directives were not unilateral.
The Commission submitted that the three SIR orders, issued in June 2025, October 2025 and May 2026, were passed with unanimous concurrence among all members of the constitutional body.
The ECI also told the Supreme Court that Form 6 had not been amended. “There is no change in Form 6 vide the 3 SIR Orders, as sought to be alleged,” the Commission stated in its affidavit.
The submission comes amid ongoing agitation against the SIR exercise and allegations of voter fraud.
Meanwhile, the INDIA bloc will hold a symbolic “Public Impeachment” proceeding against CEC Gyanesh Kumar on October 30, ahead of the November 1 ‘Dilli Chalo’ march at Ramlila Maidan. According to the programme details, a public verdict calling for his removal will be delivered during the proceedings.
The agitation against the revision of electoral rolls seeks Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the exercise.
The controversy escalated after Opposition parties cited an Indian Express report published on September 23, 2026, which said two of the three Election Commissioners had objected to decisions concerning the SIR process.
According to the report, “Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi objected at least 14 times over the last 10 months to decisions taken and orders issued without their knowledge.”
The issues raised included the rapid centralisation of the ERONET electoral roll database platform, alleged unilateral changes to Form 6 voter registration forms and decisions concerning voter list deletions during the SIR exercise.
The ECI maintained that internal technical notes and written queries were standard procedures in a multi-member body. It asserted that all final SIR decisions were unanimous and had full legal sanction.
While the BJP and ECI continue to defend the exercise’s legitimacy and transparency, Congress and other Opposition parties have intensified demands for accountability and a thorough review of electoral roll revision.
