Pinarayi calls for election chief’s removal and suspension of voter-roll exercise

Kerala opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has called for the removal of India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, and the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, process, The Hindu reports. Vijayan made the demand in a post on X. He said revelations about objections allegedly raised by two Election Commissioners over decisions concerning voter registration, the deletion of names and the SIR had raised serious questions about the functioning of the Election Commission of India.

The supplied material does not identify the two commissioners, specify the decisions they allegedly challenged or explain the details of the voter-registration exercise. It also does not include a response from Kumar, the Election Commission or the Indian government. Vijayan’s call is therefore presented as a political demand based on claims cited in his post.