The Election Commission cannot shy away from doubts raised by the public post-elections

To
Shri Rajiv Kumar
Chief Election Commissioner

Shri Gyanesh Kumar

Election Commissioner

Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu 

Election Commissioner

Dear Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, S/Shri Gyanesh Kumar/ Rajiv Kumar,

The 2024 elections are over, some parties have won, others lost. However, questions about the Commission’s effectiveness as a Constitutional authority and its independence remain unanswered.

(https://countercurrents.org/2024/06/questions-posed-on-behalf-of-the-people-to-election-commission-of-india-to-provide-answers/)

At the end of the day, even at this belated hour, should not the Commission try to function transparently, as it should, and address the concerns of the people arising post-election?

For example, a verification of the figures officially released by the Commission do not seem to conform to the basic norm of consistency that the vote count should fulfill (https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/lok-sabha-elections-2024-evm-data-mismatch-between-votes-polled-and-votes-counted##read-more)

Unless the Commission addresses such questions in a forthright manner and clarifies the position, it would only be allowing the doubts and concerns to persist in the minds of the people, eroding its own credibility.

May I request the Commission to issue a clarification on the discrepancies found by the above cited investigation?

Yours sincerely,

E A S Sarma

Former Secretary to the Government of India

Visakhapatnam