Amid reports of differences within the EC over SIR, the Congress on Thursday (September 24, 2026) alleged that Gen Z is being targeted for exclusion and pressed for its demand that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately.
Goa’s Electoral Registration Officers [EROs] had confirmed these were valid voters. “In an illegal and centralising move, EROs’ access to the ECINet software was restricted. “As a first step, the CEC Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately if he has any shred of decency and morality left in him. “That is our very very clear stand.
“The Goa CEO wrote to the ECI 8 times in 7 days for inclusion of valid voters deleted by the ECINet software. 1950, the ERO has statutory authority over the electoral roll, according to The Representation of the People Act. The 2 ECs wrote to the Cabinet Secretary flagging this violation,” Mr.
The Opposition party also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah will be held accountable for their “diabolical designs”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said after the sensational revelations in a leading national daily on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) on the shocking manner in which the CEC has completely “destroyed the integrity, credibility, and competence of the Election Commission”. The emails were ignored and voters deleted,” he said in a post on X. Ramesh said. Each new piece of evidence further confirms what the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been saying for almost two years ever since the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly election results were out, the Congress leader said. The PM and the HM will thereafter be held accountable for their diabolical designs,” the Congress leader said. I do not think anybody in that position should have legal protection in the way that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has, if they have done illegal acts,” the Congress MP from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency said.
