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LIVE UPDATES on CJP protest: Saurav Das, Abhijeet Dipke and Ashutosh Ranka released from detention

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2026

CJP protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and ECI LIVE UPDATES from the Ground at Jantar Mantar

‘Calculated campaign driven by vested political interests’: 42 former Judges write open letter against targeting of ECI by Opposition and attempt to destabilise India

OpIndia Staff - 8 October, 2026

"The last SIR was completed about two decades back. No one called those revisions a conspiracy," the former judges pointed out.

‘Judicial impropriety’: Ex-CJI B R Gavai, retired judges slam Justice Ujjal Bhuyan for his ‘intrinsically arbitrary’ remarks on SIR

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2026

Former CJI B R Gavai and two retired Delhi HC judges have criticised SC Justice Ujjal Bhuyan for his recent remarks on SIR.

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ECI clarifies C.N.R. Rao SIR row: No notice issued to Bharat Ratna scientist or his family over name discrepancy

Shriti Sagar - 9 September, 2026

The ECI also clarified that it has not served any notice to Rao or his family so far, taking into account his stature and contribution to the country.

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From inciting public against the Election Commission to peddling fake news about GDP: Meet Ashish Joshi, the controversial bureaucrat interrogated by Delhi Police for...

Rukma Rathore - 3 September, 2026

Ashish Joshi does not hold any faith in the democracy of the nation and further supports smear tactics by propaganda platforms such as "The Wire" targeting the Election Commission.

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Every voter had to have a valid ID: US President Donald Trump lauds Indian electoral system to garner support for SAVE America Act

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2026

"Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration — How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID," Trump wrote.

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ECI removes 1.5 crore names during the 3rd phase of SIR, continues to make electoral rolls free of illegal voters

OpIndia Staff - 9 August, 2026

The Election Commission of India has removed over 1.5 crore names amounting to 11.51% of voters from draft electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories during the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)

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As SC hears petition over exclusion of CJI for appointing Chief Election Commissioner, read what the Modi govt argued to stop judicial overreach

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2026

"The office of the prime minister has a certain sanctity attached. If his decisions are not to be trusted and are to be seen as necessarily a bad faith exercise, then why not have a provision that even while selecting his cabinet, he must consult some other former judge or outsider," submitted solicitor-general Tushar Mehta.

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Telangana: ECI says printing voter enumeration forms in 3 languages would burden exchequer after HC asks it to consider Urdu forms. Read what the...

Divya Bharti - 30 June, 2026

The Telangana High Court has directed the Election Commission to consider providing electoral revision forms in Urdu in constituencies where over 20% of voters know the language. The ECI opposed a statewide rule, arguing multilingual printing poses heavy administrative and financial burdens.

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