NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet in New Delhi on September 29 to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding the Election Commission of India and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, according to sources.
The current political situation is also expected to figure in the deliberations. The proposed meeting comes amid a political row following a report by The Indian Express claiming that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had raised objections at least 14 times over 10 months regarding decisions and orders linked to electoral-roll procedures and the SIR exercise.
The Election Commission has maintained that differences in views during internal deliberations are part of the normal functioning of a multi-member constitutional body. The poll panel has said that all final decisions, including those concerning SIR, were taken unanimously.
