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Even arsenic the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notification for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Punjab, among different states, the Indian National Congress’ Punjab portion raised concerns implicit the timing of the SIR exercise and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party alleged that law institutions nether the BJP regularisation were progressively being misused.
Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer, Anindita Mitra, said nether the SIR, the both-level officers (BLOs) volition undertake door-to-door visits crossed Punjab from June 25 to July 24, 2026 for filling elector verification forms.
“All voters successful the authorities volition beryllium required to taxable forms nether the SIR exercise. Under the Pre-SIR mapping undertaken by our office, mapping of 1,79,56,656 voters has already been completed retired of the full 2,14,57,160 voters successful the state, accounting for 83.69% of the electorate,” she said, adding that 89.58% mapping has been completed successful agrarian areas of Punjab, portion 73 % mapping enactment has been completed successful municipality areas.
AAP Punjab State president Aman Arora and Cabinet Minister Harpal Cheema, talking to media persons, said that “Constitutional institutions successful the state are rapidly losing their impartial quality nether BJP regularisation and are progressively being misused to power electoral outcomes successful favour of the ruling enactment astatine the Centre.”
“The BJP is utilizing the Election Commission arsenic a governmental limb successful states wherever it cannot unafraid triumph democratically connected its ain strength. He said the BJP archetypal pushes for exercises similar SIR nether the pretext of elector database purification and aboriginal uses them to delete voters connected a ample standard for electoral benefit,” they alleged.
Questioning wherefore the SIR workout is being pushed up of the upcoming Punjab assembly elections, the Leader of the Opposition successful the Punjab Assembly, the Congress’s Partap Singh Bajwa, said, “Why is the SIR workout being pushed conscionable up of the Punjab elections?”
He said Congress’ booth-level workers volition stay vigilant. “Not a azygous genuine voter’s sanction volition beryllium allowed to beryllium deleted, and nary citizen’s antiauthoritarian close to ballot volition beryllium denied. Punjab volition defy each effort to manipulate the electoral process,” helium added.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring appealed to different governmental parties successful the State to beware and support their governmental differences speech and guarantee that Punjabi voters are not disenfranchised conscionable up of elections due to the fact that the BJP suspects them not to ballot for it.
Meanwhile, Haryana Chief Electoral Officer A. Sreenivas said nether the 3rd signifier of the SIR campaign, July 1, 2026, has been fixed arsenic the qualifying day for Haryana.
“Preparatory work, grooming and printing activities nether this run volition beryllium carried retired from June 5 to June 14, 2026,” helium said, adding that arsenic of May 12, the full fig of voters successful Haryana stood astatine 2,06,63,155.
He said for the SIR, the booth-level officers (BLOs) person been appointed crossed the state, and they volition behaviour door-to-door verification and cod voters’ accusation from June 15 to July 14.
