On Tuesday, the Election Commission said all was well: The 14 objections by two of its three members were…

On Tuesday, the Election Commission said all was well: The 14 objections by two of its three members were "suggestions," every decision was "unanimous." With in 48 hours, on Saturday, it issued NINE decisions. Read them against the 14 notes. It's a U-TURN, not in what it says, but in what it does. And it still leaves some hard Qs unanswered. Stay with me. (1/10) 🧵

But first, the decisions announced Saturday and how each of them confirm @IndianExpress' investigation on the rupture within the Election Commission Decision 1: Agendas to be shared before every Commission meeting, minutes after. IE Investigation: Vivek Joshi on April 16. "For over a year," no agenda in advance, no minutes issued. Decision 2: Commission approval to be taken for officers' foreign trips. IE Investigation: Vivek Joshi on April 16. Officers "sent on official foreign visits on many occasions without getting approval from the Commission. (2/10)

Decision 3: New modules & portals developed by EC's IT division to go through a committee of officers before the Commission approves them. IE Investigation: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on April 16. The IT division built "many new modules and portals." "I have come to know about new developments from media only." (3/10)

Decision 4: A committee with "an independent expert from IIT/IIIT" to review ECINet (the software on which the voters' list sits) against the Acts and Rules. IE Investigation: Vivek Joshi on May 29. "The gradual centralisation of the electoral roll database." Proposes exactly this committee. No response from within the Commission. Decision 5: If field officers need more flexibility on the (ECINet) system, "that will be made operational." IE Investigation: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on August 14: Field officers "don't have proper and complete access to the ERONet portal." DG(IT) "doesn't have any legal authority to restrict" them. (4/10)

Decision 6: "All directions issued by the Commissioners to the officers of the Commission shall be meticulously complied with." That ONE sentence is the whole complaint. FOURTEEN notes over TEN months saying their directions weren't complied with. (5/10)

Saturday's press statement also also confirms what Wednesday's wouldn't: The two ECs did write to the Cabinet Secretary; the July 28 order existed and "was not actually implemented" after they intervened; AND In Goa, 81 of the 97 voters left off the roll "have already filled Form 6," applying as new voters, the very thing the state's CEO wanted done BEFORE the final SIR roll was ppublished on Feb 21 You can read @DaminiNath's full story on Saturday's statement here: (6/10) indianexpress.com/article/india/…

But there are still Qs left unasnwered: Q. Did the ECI file appeals against inclusion of voters before the WB tribunals? If yes, how many and who authorised these appeals? Q. Who put the SIR question in the online version of Form 6 in July, and whether that will be be removed? Q. Why did the IT division not allow EROs in Goa to restore voters to the electoral roll before the final list was published on Feb 21? Q. Whether DG(IT) Seema Khanna stays? Q. Whether Sr DEC Maneesh Garg, against whom both Commissioners sought action from Cab Secy, stays? (7/10)

Saturday's statement carries "the approval of the full Commission" and a photo of all three at one table, after ten months in which two of them said they weren't consulted. Whether CEC Gyanesh Kumar now takes the two along, and whether they have more say, remains to be seen. You can read our explainer on the EC' U-TURN here: (8/10) indianexpress.com/article/explai…

If you'd rather watch than read: our video explainers on the investigation, in English and Hindi. HINDI youtube.com/watch?v=bOFRlJ… youtube.com/watch?v=t8z9QO… youtube.com/watch?v=73c1fd… ENGLISH youtube.com/watch?v=SP9_RS… youtube.com/watch?v=JUdmrB… youtube.com/watch?v=2tcdWR…

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