New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- Congress MP Manish Tiwari on Tuesday initiated a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, bringing into focus critical demands for election reforms amid the ongoing winter session.
Opening the debate after a week marked by vigorous Opposition protests, Tiwari highlighted the landmark electoral reform by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, calling it the "biggest election reform" in India's history.
Tiwari outlined three key demands: reforming the selection process of the Election Commission to include equal representation from both the ruling side and the Opposition with two members each, alongside the Chief Justice of India; scrappin...