New Delhi. Amidst the ongoing opposition protests against Election Commission and CEC Gyanesh Kumar, 42 former judges of the country have written an open letter. In this letter, he has expressed deep concern over the efforts to weaken the Election Commission, Judiciary and other constitutional institutions while favoring the SIR process. The judges have questioned the opposition's allegations of 'vote theft' without any evidence. According to the judges, it is a democratic right to criticize constitutional institutions, but they cannot be degraded. He has also warned that questioning the credibility of constitutional institutions without evidence will reduce public trust, which is not good for the democratic process.
The former judges have written in their letter that the Election Commission has the legal right to carry out the SIR process. He said that SIR had happened two decades ago also but no one had raised questions then. According to the letter, the voter list is updated through SIR. With this, names of people who have died are removed from the voter list. Apart from this, names of voters with duplicate entries and those who have changed their permanent address are removed from the voters of the old address area.
🚨 #NewsAlert | 42 former judges signed an open letter expressing concern over the allegations leveled against the Election Commission.
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The judges said that political parties first raise questions on constitutional institutions and when evidence is asked from them, they are unable to present it. In this, political parties have been asked to level allegations against constitutional institutions only when there is evidence. Also, citizens have been appealed not to believe every claim without checking the facts. Maintain faith in the power of your vote. Appealed to the constitutional institutions to work impartially while maintaining transparency and not coming under any political pressure.