Congress Urges Supreme Court To Safeguard Electoral Democracy

Hyderabad, July 3: The Congress on Friday alleged that India’s electoral democracy faces serious challenges under the present Central government and urged the Supreme Court to take steps to safeguard the integrity, transparency and accountability of the election process.

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Congress general secretary K. C. Venugopal made the remarks in a post on X while releasing a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India by 23 Opposition parties and an Independent Member of Parliament.

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Venugopal said the Opposition parties had written to the Chief Justice on June 28 expressing concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the functioning of the Election Commission of India and other election related issues.

He said the Supreme Court has the constitutional responsibility to ensure that elections remain free and fair and that injustice does not prevail in the democratic process.

Electoral democracy in our country faces the gravest of threats from the Modi-Shah regime.

On 28th June, 24 Opposition Parties along with an Independent MP wrote to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India on the flawed SIR process, the partisan role of the Election Commission of… pic.twitter.com/Jy5pXBHdpG

— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 3, 2026

According to Venugopal, the judiciary plays a crucial role in protecting constitutional values and preventing excesses by the executive. He also said public confidence in the electoral system depends on maintaining transparency and accountability.

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The Congress leader said the letter had been made public in the interest of transparency and expressed hope that the Supreme Court would take appropriate steps to strengthen faith in the electoral process.

The Election Commission of India had not responded to the Congress’ latest remarks at the time of publication.