WEDNESDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2026

Modi, CEC, Shah must come clean on SIR exercise

The offices of the Prime Minister of India, the Central Election Commissioner and the Home Minister's office are constitutional posts that are sworn to conduct their duties with utmost honesty and integrity. In the present circumstance of the CJP and various Opposition parties protesting against the actions of the Central Election Commissioner, namely Gyanesh Kumar who is supposed to be responsible for the deletion of about 13.3 crore names which were earlier registered to have voting rights. First of all, how were initially these 13.3 crore voters registered in the first place. Deletions of lakhs of voters in West Bengal and Bihar are especially stark and unacceptable.The Prime Minister, the Central Election Commissioner and the Home Minister should immediately come clean on the issue. It may also be stated that the Committee which was constituted by the Central Government initially consisted of the Chief Justice of India and then was reconstituted by enacting of a law that included the Prime Minister, a Cabinet Minister and the Leader of the opposition, this was done in order to dismantle this Committee in order to deliberately exclude the Chief Justice of India.


ELVIDIO MIRANDA, Via email


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Right that needs permission is not a right but a favour

The Goan Network
Published Oct 12, 2026, 10:47 PM IST
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This is with reference to the editorial "Holding protest is a Constitutional right", October 12, 2026. Imagine if every protest came with a simple receipt: a public notice, filed online, stating the place, time and expected crowd, which the police must acknowledge within a day and can refuse only with written reasons that a court can review. That would end the guessing game of "permission" and give both sides clarity. Organisers could appoint volunteer marshals and share…

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