Challenges and Allegations Faced by the Election Commission of India (EC)

• Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission (EC) of electoral roll manipulations in Mahadevapura Assembly constituency in Karnataka.

• The EC, a permanent constitutional body, has been accused of deliberate voter roll discrepancies since the Maharashtra Assembly polls.

• The EC has been under scrutiny due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of SREEPARNA CHAKRABARTY, electoral rolls in Bihar.

• The EC has been accused of large-scale discrepancies in the Mahadevapura Assembly segment under the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka, which he claimed helped the BJP win the seat.

• Gandhi has demanded for machine readable voter rolls to be provided to all political parties for proper verification.

• The Supreme Court upheld the EC’s decision to not provide machine readable or “text-searchable” voter lists due to concerns over cyber-security.

• The EC ordered a SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar, requiring every voter in Bihar who had not been listed in the 2003 voter rolls to submit documents proving their date and place of birth.

• After the first phase of the SIR exercise, the EC released a draft electoral roll on August 1, resulting in a drop in the number of voters in Bihar by 65 lakh.

• The Supreme Court directed the EC to publish an enumerated, booth-wise list of the 65 lakh electors not included in the draft roll.

• The Supreme Court has directed the EC to provide reasons for the deletion of the 65 lakh electors not included in the draft roll and asked the EC to accept Aadhaar as proof of identity for an elector to include their name in the rolls.

• The Opposition has attempted to hold a march from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters, but was stopped when stopped.

• The ongoing monsoon session of Parliament has been virtually paralyzed over demands for a discussion on the Bihar SIR.

EC Accountability in Indian Elections is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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