ICSSR to Issue Notice to CSDS over ‘Manipulation’ of Maharashtra Poll Data
20 August 2025 | The Indian Express
The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on Tuesday said it will issue a show cause notice to the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies over an erroneous claim made by Sanjay Kumar — professor and co-director of Lokniti, a research programme at the CSDS — in a social media post that two constituencies in Maharashtra had shown a significant fall in the numbers of voters between the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls last year.
The ICSSR, which operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, is the government’s apex body for research in social and human sciences. The CSDS is supported by the ICSSR…