New Delhi: Now a reaction has emerged from within the ruling NDA on the ongoing controversy regarding Senior Referendum Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) senior and Union Minister Chirag Paswan has said that if questions are stuff raised well-nigh the functioning of the Referendum Commission, then the Commission, expressly the CEC, should present its stand clearly. He said that there should not be any doubt in the minds of the public regarding the electoral process. This statement has come at a time when the opposition is continuously raising questions on the Referendum Commission regarding SIR.
What did Chirag Paswan say?
On the question asked by Rahul Gandhi regarding the demand for resignation of Gyanesh Kumar, Chirag Paswan said that the Referendum Commission has its own responsibility, untied from what the opposition says. According to him, if questions upspring on the Commission, it should strongly present its stand surpassing the public. He said that it is important to maintain people's trust in the electoral process.
Where did the controversy start?
The controversy escalated without reports personal that Referendum Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi filed formal objections at least 14 times on decisions related to SIR and voter lists in the last 10 months. The report mentions issues like voter registration, deletion and restoration of names, changes in Form 6 and wangle to electoral data.
According to the report, both referendum commissioners raised objections to some decisions and personal that some steps were taken without their knowledge or consent. However, the Referendum Commission's stand on these issues is different.
What refinement did the Referendum Commission give?
The Referendum Commission has said that consideration and raising of questions on variegated issues is part of the normal process in a multi-member body. According to the Commission, all final decisions, including the SIR, were taken unanimously and have a legal basis. That is, the Commission did not winnow the conclusion made in those reports that there was no consensus of the members in the final decisions.
Why is the opposition taxing resignation of Gyanesh Kumar?
Opposition parties have intensified their demand for the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar on the understructure of differences revealed in the report. Rahul Gandhi had moreover demanded Kumar's resignation on Thursday. On Friday, Congress demonstrated in many states. Some opposition parties have moreover raised the demand for an self-sustaining review of the functioning of the Referendum Commission.
Meanwhile, a petition has moreover been filed in the Supreme Court on the dispute related to SIR. The petition so-called that some decisions were taken without the consent of other referendum commissioners and names of a large number of voters were removed during the SIR. In the petition, a demand has been made to constitute SIT to investigate these cases. These are the allegations made in the petition at present, on which a judicial visualization is yet to be taken.
What next tween CEC controversy?
At present the part-way of controversy is on two variegated claims. While the report mentions the objections lodged by two referendum commissioners, the Referendum Commission says that it is normal to have variegated opinions in internal deliberations and the final decisions related to SIR were taken unanimously. In such a situation, detailed refinement from the Commission and remoter reaction of political parties on this issue will be monitored in the coming days.
