The INC welcomes today’s verdict of the Supreme Court on the Bihar SIR issue. Democracy has survived a brutal assault from the Election Commission of India (ECI).

On August 14th, the Supreme Court had intervened to set aside the ECI’s decision to withhold the list of deleted voters. The Supreme Court had directed that the list of deleted voters must be published ALONG WITH the reasons for such deletions.

On August 14th, the Supreme Court had also directed the ECI to accept Aadhar cards as proof of identity for those deleted. Today it reaffirmed Aadhar as a valid ID that the ECI MUST accept.

Today, the Supreme Court has laid down guardrails to make the revision more inclusive by including political parties in the process.

So far the ECI’s approach has been obstructionist and contrary to the interests of the voters.

We welcome this judgment especially because it gives us an enforceable right which the ECI cannot ignore.

Today, the ECI stands totally exposed and discredited…:

Jairam Ramesh – MP, Gen Sec Congress

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