A View of the Logo of the Election Commission of India. File | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV
In an open letter, 124 former officials of the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and allied services defended the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while questioning allegations of vote-rigging “without credible evidence”.
Highlighting India’s transformation from “an era of booth capturing, ballot box stuffing and electoral violence”, the officials said today’s electoral system has “multiple layers of checks and safeguards, including polling agents, electronic voting machine (EVM) sealing, strong-room security, and VVPAT verification”. They cited Bihar’s 2025 Assembly elections, saying it recorded no re-polling and the highest voter turnout since 1951.
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