ECI is doing someone else’s bidding and Anjali Bhardwaj has proof: Interview

In 2025 when Anjali Bhardwaj filed an RTI and sought to know who approved and ordered the SIR process, the ECI categorically said it wasn’t its decision. Who then ordered the SIR? Since then questions of constitutionality, legality, transparency and violation of due process have been raised against the ECI & the SIR. In Conversation with South First’s Editor Anusha Ravi Sood, RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj raises questions on autonomy of the ECI. She also points to how transparency tools like RTI and Lokpal meant to hold the powerful accountable are being weakened and rendered toothless under the BJP-led NDA regime. The ECI’s SIR whodunnit isn’t your regular mystery, it is a horror show