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Two ECs dissent, questions on legality of SIR process: Constitutional, legal issues & nuances

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An investigation by the Indian Express reveals that two of the three Election Commissioners raised 14 objections to some aspects of the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) over a period of 10 months. The objections were raised by Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.

#CutTheClutter Ep 1906 looks at the what the story reveals, what it means and what it doesn't. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta also explains the facts, legalities, and nuances.

Read EC's reply here: https://x.com/ecisveep/status/2102678...

Read Indian Express' Newsbreak here: https://indianexpress.com/article/exp...
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20 Comments

@ThePrintIndia Creator 10 days ago Pinned

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@piyushpatil1941 10 days ago

Caught up in legal argument???? Bro thats the only question..is it legal to do all this????

@ro.ma.n 10 days ago

Sekhar and spine do not coexist together.

@life-upsidedownroundnround2802 10 days ago

Why Mr gupta and print can't do such investigation😢😊😅paisa

@gazbisht 10 days ago

Shekhar, you have created more clutter than cutting it

@chetandutt1090 10 days ago

It has been 16 minutes that I have reached. Still cannot find you speaking anything wrong with the EC unequivocally. There are enough cheerleaders for the current government in Media today, the problem is that the intelligent ones prefer to do “balanced” reporting even on such cases. Will listen till the end but there aren’t many left in media who can call a spade.

@shobhitsrivastava03 10 days ago

Mr Gupta’s fall to this level must be so embarrassing for people around him. I so very much regret becoming a paid member few years ago. Ofcourse I have cancelled it long time ago, but it still annoys me that you used to pay this godi media in disguise.

@mg.f.9023 10 days ago

This government can cancel citizens names from the electoral list but will demand taxes to be duly paid by the same people?

@sheetalyadav4807 10 days ago

Abhi congress hoti to shekhar bhai dharne pe baithh jate..pr inke papa ki sarkar h isliye whitewashing me lge hai

@austinedmund28 10 days ago

No matter how genuine and neutral Shekhar Gupta might sound, this very episode involving the ECI brings forth a deeper issue in the system, people like him staying conveniently silent!!

He has all the time in the world to make a segment on Somaliland and other issues, but not give voice and strength to the Opposition unless forced by a genuine investigation by The Indian Express.

These double standards are part of the reason India is suffering under elected autocrats who operate in close proximity to two powerful Gujarati businessmen.

@anilgca 10 days ago

Cut the Clutter should be renamed Fudge the Clutter. Leave it to the high priest of journalism to dance around the ECI instead of calling a spade a spade…😄

@pranjalipranjali2751 10 days ago

shekhar you are defending the undefendable and we do not like this,please dont ruin our ctc,
we love it

@giridharanvelamore2395 10 days ago

Wonderful explanation! Will wait for further news on this and how SC is going to react to this

@availablehage 10 days ago

Shekherji was supporting SIR ghapla during WB saying even institutions supporting a party is also a form of majority…hope he sees this message and remembers 😂

@Parnam-singh 10 days ago

We are slowly becoming Pakistan. I used to hear these kind of news out of Pakistan EC but now I’m really starting to doubt. My friends always said that everything is fix in India but I used to argue with them that I don’t know about anything else but election in India are free and fare from top level. Except few ground level incidents but now I’m really started to doubt myself.

@docyusuf258 10 days ago

The print and ShekherG will never call out the blatant abuse of power by Gyanesh Kumar. Lakhs of voters were denied their fundamental right to vote. Rahul Gandhi was right all along. Massive illegal selective deletion of voters has occurred. The new voter lists published after SIRs are illegal.

@amanvaibhav1 9 days ago

The fall of print becoming godi has to be studied. When I was a student at IIT I made sure everyone watched cut the clutter, and got my news from them because they would promise independence. I wish they gain their independence soon.

@umeshrai5740 10 days ago

If IT statics were always true then Mr Shekhar should carry out analysis of election results if last 12 years and see how right they were. It would be interesting to see.

@gulamrabbani1041 9 days ago

Mr. Gupta, be a journalist!

@Sounakdreamin 10 days ago

Another corrupt personnel at institutions, this is the biggest harm the BJP govt has done to India, that is eroding of institutions, will take years to recover if it even does so