Congress Questions Election Commission Over Form 6 and Election Validity
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Congress leader Pawan Khera claims recent elections in West Bengal and Bihar are invalid due to changes in electoral roll registration forms.
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- Congress leader Pawan Khera alleges that the Election Commission illegally modified Form 6 without parliamentary approval.
- This change reportedly affects the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Khera argues that elections recently conducted in West Bengal and Bihar are consequently illegal.
- The Election Commission maintains that no statutory changes were made to the form itself.
What to watch next
- Potential judicial review or legal challenges regarding the validity of electoral rolls
- Response from the Election Commission to specific procedural objections
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Pawan Khera
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“The 1960 Rules cannot be changed without being amended in Parliament. The biggest point of difference between Sandhu ji and Joshi with Gyanesh Kumar was this, and did we receive the answer to it today?”
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…said the rules could not be changed without being amended in Parliament and questioned whether the Election Commission had addressed the objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi." The 1960 Rules cannot be changed without being amended in Parliament. The biggest point of difference between Sandhu ji and Joshi with Gyanesh Kumar was this, and did we receive the answer to it today? " Khera said. Questions Form 6 changes Khera alleged that the SIR exercise was based on an "illegally changed" Form 6 and questioned the validity of elections conducted in Bengal and Bihar on the basis of the…
“The entire SIR is based on a Form 6 that was changed illegally. The SIR that arose from that illegal form has also become illegal. The elections held in Bengal and Bihar based on that illegal SIR have also become illegal. Did we get an answer on this?”
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…Khera said. Questions Form 6 changes Khera alleged that the SIR exercise was based on an "illegally changed" Form 6 and questioned the validity of elections conducted in Bengal and Bihar on the basis of the exercise." The entire SIR is based on a Form 6 that was changed illegally. The SIR that arose from that illegal form has also become illegal. The elections held in Bengal and Bihar based on that illegal SIR have also become illegal. Did we get an answer on this? " he said. What is the Form 6 row? The controversy centres on the requirement for new voters to provide details linking themselves or their parents or grandparents to electoral rolls from the previous SIR.According to…
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