Singhvi said- In August 2026, Sandhu had termed the changes made in Form-6 used for new voters as unauthorized and illegal.

New Delhi. The Congress on Wednesday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of hijacking the functioning of the Election Commission and said he has no right to continue in the post now and he should resign immediately. Senior party leader Abhishek Singhvi said that if both the Election Commissioners working with the Chief Election Commissioner have registered written disagreements on many matters, then are they just dummies.

He made this comment when a news published in the English daily 'Indian Express' claimed that two Election Commission commissioners, Sukhbir Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, had filed written objections on the Commission's decisions 14 times in the last 10 months. In these objections, serious questions were raised regarding addition and deletion of names in the voter list and procedural changes. Singhvi said, in 1995, the Supreme Court had clarified that the Election Commission is a multi-member body and there is a relationship of 'first among equals' between the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners.

He alleged that the documents now revealed show that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had lodged written objections several times in the last 10 months on some decisions and procedures of the Commission. Singhvi said that in August 2026, Sandhu had termed the changes made in Form 6 used for new voters as unauthorized and illegal and Joshi had also objected to it.

He said, in May, 2026 both the Election Commissioners had reportedly raised the issue that the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) did not have adequate access to the Commission's portal. At the same time, in August, Sandhu had raised questions about the permission to file an appeal on behalf of the Commission before a tribunal in West Bengal. The senior advocate said, the question is what kind of hijack is this, what kind of dictatorship is this, are the rest of the EC dummies?

Singhvi alleged that Kumar has not only attacked constitutional values ​​but has also kept his fellow election commissioners out of the decision-making process. Singhvi said Kumar should no longer continue in the post and should resign. He said, he does not have the right to remain in office even for a second.

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