Important to preserve independence, transparency of Election Commission: Keralam CM Satheesan

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Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN

Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Thursday (September 24, 2026) said that it was important to preserve the independence, transparency, and institutional safeguards of the Election Commission amidst allegations against CEC Gyanesh Kumar regarding the SIR process.

Mr. Satheesan, in a post on X, said that voters need to have full confidence in the integrity of India’s electoral process.

“It is important to preserve the independence, transparency, and institutional safeguards of the Election Commission, and to ensure that every voter can have full confidence in the integrity of India’s electoral process,” he said.

He also shared an X post by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi saying that “Vote chori is a crime against the Indian people and a direct attack on our constitution. The BJP, RSS and EC who organised it have committed an act of treason. Justice will be served.”

It is important to preserve the independence, transparency, and institutional safeguards of the Election Commission, and to ensure that every voter can have full confidence in the integrity of India's electoral process.@RahulGandhi@INCIndia@INCKeralahttps://t.co/oRNhPtoYPo

The Chief Minister’s post comes in the wake of reports of Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagging multiple issues, including deletion of names, in various states during the voter roll cleanup under SIR.

However, ECI officials have said that the poll body was unanimous in its decisions related to the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list.

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