Scrap Phase 3 Of SIR: Ex-Election Commissioner To NDTV On Poll Body Row

Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has questioned how the Election Commission can treat differing views as routine observations while allowing decisions to proceed despite objections from two of its three members. Calling for greater transparency, Lavasa said the poll panel must clarify whether the disagreements constitute formal dissent and explain how decisions were reached. In an interview with NDTV, Lavasa, who served on the Election Commission from 2018 to 2020, has also called for the scrapping of Phase 3 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, arguing that key aspects of the exercise, including voter mapping and alleged logical discrepancies, remain unexplained.