The sudden rush by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to initiate a Special Summary Revision (SSR) following the chaotic electoral cycles in states like Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Haryana—which unfolded in the wake of the draconian Special Intensive Revision (SIR) announced on October 27, 2025—is nothing more than a rear-guard action after the face of politics in the country was significantly altered through this stratagem. It smacks of a desperate attempt to deflect legitimate, piercing attacks on the innate illegality of its earlier actions and to throw a smokescreen designed to evade judicial and public scrutiny. Far from a routine administrative clean-up, the SSR is a screaming admission of institutional lapses, shoddy groundwork, and the profound venality........

© Free Press Journal