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| Prevent Politicization Of Administrative Exercises | | | Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently accused the Congress Party of propagating lies about the ongoing Summary Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and attempting to mislead the nation.
Shah while addressing the Parliament maintained that the Prime Minister of this country and the Chief Ministers of states will not be decided by infiltrators and that right belongs only to the citizens of India only.
The government has been maintaining that SIRs have been conducted thrice since 2000 – once under the UPA government of Manmohan Singh and twice under NDA rule – without any protest from the Opposition at the time and it’s a routine process.
The elections are conducted by the Election Commission, which is an autonomous body and is not controlled by the government. The Article 324 vests superintendence of elections in the Commission, while Article 326 lays down universal adult suffrage as the basis of voter eligibility, and Article 327 empowers Parliament to legislate on electoral matters.
In this context, attempts to imply that the government is manipulating the rolls not only disregard constitutional safeguards but also undermine the credibility of an institution that has, for decades, successfully conducted elections of immense scale and complexity.
The Election Commission found the claim of the senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi about a single house in Haryana allegedly showing an implausibly high number of voters, as “completely false.”
Many other claims were found untrue and it punctured the alleged “vote theft” narrative of the opposition.
Vigilance and scrutiny are essential features of a healthy democracy. But criticisms must be grounded in verifiable facts, not political rhetoric. When senior political leaders circulate unverified claims, it risks creating confusion and diminishing trust in the electoral process. In a nation as large and diverse as India, faith in elections is fundamental. Undermining this faith for short-term political gains does a disservice to the democratic ethos.
It's important to preserve the sanctity of elections and prevent the politicization of routine administrative exercises. While political battles are inevitable, they must not come at the cost of damaging public confidence in the very institutions that uphold democracy. At a moment when global democracies are grappling with misinformation, India must ensure its political discourse remains anchored in facts, responsibility, and constitutional values.
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