After the Supreme Court on Monday said it had not approved the changes to Form 6 , the statutory application used by citizens to register as voters, leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) raised questions on who approved the changes, criticising Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.
The Form could only be changed after a change in law and election rules,” Das wrote on X. “Chief Justice Surya Kant has said that the court DID NOT approve any changes in Form 6 (the form for registration of new voters).
CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka said that the CJI’s remark is “in direct contradiction” to the statement issued by the Election Commission of India on September 26 where it claimed that the Form 6 declarations had been upheld by the Supreme Court. CJP spokesperson Saurav Das also reacted to the CJI’s remarks and said, “The Court that gave legal cover to Gyanu’s SIR process has put its hands up and said that they had nothing to do with Gyanu’s illegal action. He said that the Supreme Court had distanced itself from one of ‘Gyanesh Kumar’s illegalities. Remember that the other two Election Commissioners had objected to a change in the Form which they said was leading to “harassment” of new voters, especially the Gen Z who were being stopped from becoming registered voters.
“Any modified Form 6 has not been approved by us. Let’s be clear.
When record will be produced, we would like to see who has modified,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant had said earlier during a hearing. “He was serving his political bosses, even if it meant putting their interests above the rule of law,” Dipke wrote as he dubbed Kumar as a traitor.
