Sources within the Election Commission of India (ECI) have clarified that the Indian National Congress' (INC) ongoing demand for machine-readable, digital copies of electoral rolls is "not legally tenable" and has already been conclusively settled by the Supreme Court.
The Ram Nath Kovind-led panel on 'One Nation One Election' has recommended a single electoral roll and electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) for use in elections to all three tiers of the government.
Tewari on Wednesday stated that the party had not made public the electoral roll and was just claiming that there would be free and fair elections to elect the party president.