Nueva Delhi: The Electoral Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court that is willing to deliberate on the charging demand Voter participation data in stand on your website.
A bank from the President of the Supreme Court Sanjiv Khanna and Judges Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan asked the petitioners to make representations before the voting panel in 10 days.
During the audience of the two PILS presented by the deputy of TMC Mahua Moitra and Association for democratic reforms (ADR) In 2019, the voting panel told the Superior Court that the Chief Elections Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar I wanted to meet and discuss the complaint with the petitioners.
“Here is a new chief election commissioner now. The petitioners can meet with him and can be addressed,” said Senior Defender Manner Singh, appearing for the voting panel.
The CJI replied: “Meanwhile, the electoral commission lawyer establishes that the petitioners (the NGO and the MP) may present a representation before the Electoral Commission and the EC will give them a hearing and report in advance. That the representation is made in 10 days.”
On May 17, last year, the Superior Court had sought a response from the voting panel about the pleas after which the ECI opposed the demand of the NGO that affirms it “Viciar would” the electoral space and cause “chaos” in the electoral machinery in the middle of the general elections.
The ADR states that there was a discrepancy of “5-6%” between the initial data participation data published on surveys and final data published later.
The Pil argue that the delay in the publication of precise voter participation data raises concerns about the transparency and integrity of the electoral process.
