The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court on Thursday (August 14, 2025) that it got “caught up” in the “sharp contests” among political parties.
Appearing before a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, for the ECI, pointed to the allegations raised against it about EVMs, and now the portrayal of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar as “citizenship screening”.
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“Today is a time of sharp political contest. The ECI is caught up in this sharp contest between political parties,” Mr. Dwivedi submitted.
Justice Kant referred to the situation as “political hostility”.
