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A nationalist consciousness march opposing the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was flagged disconnected astatine Ambedkar Circle successful Bidar connected Saturday.
The march is portion of a State-wide run being organised from 5 locations crossed the State.
The campaign, led by Eddelu Karnataka, progressive organisations and the Karnataka Anti-SIR Committee, volition question done each districts of the Kalyana Karnataka portion from June 13 to June 20. The march is scheduled to culminate astatine a ample nationalist normal astatine Freedom Park successful Bengaluru connected June 20.
Launching the march, Eddelu Karnataka person J.M. Veerasangayya said that the Special Intensive Revision process has led to the disenfranchisement of lakhs of eligible voters crossed the state by depriving them of their law close to vote.
“Now that SIR has been introduced successful Karnataka, nary eligible elector should beryllium excluded nether immoderate circumstances,” helium said.
Mr. Veerasangayya urged the Election Commission not to use what helium described arsenic an “unscientific logical deletion” criterion successful the State. He called upon the State authorities to convene Gram Sabha meetings and guarantee that citizens lacking the indispensable documents are provided with them immediately.
“No conspiracy should beryllium allowed to exclude voters from the electoral rolls simply owed to the lack of insignificant accusation oregon documentation,” helium said.
Addressing the gathering, Satyadevi of Basava Mantapa, CPI person Baburao Honna, Dalit Sangharsh Samiti person Maruti Bauddhe, KPCC Women’s Wing State vice-president Rajashree Swamy and Aam Aadmi Party territory president Siddappa Phulari asserted that voting is simply a law close and that immoderate effort to curtail this close volition beryllium powerfully opposed.
They described the SIR workout arsenic “anti-democratic” and “anti-people” demanding its withdrawal and informing against excluding eligible voters from electoral rolls successful the sanction of revision.
The speakers besides said that the SIR process is unconstitutional, unscientific, flawed and driven by ulterior motives. They expressed interest that nether the guise of electoral rolls revision, the voting rights of mediocre people, workers, minorities, intersexual minorities and different marginalised groups tin beryllium weakened.
Eddelu Karnataka coordinators Omprakash Rotte, Jagadishwar Biradar, Nizamuddin, Lakshman Mandalgera, Durgesh and members of the Anti-SIR Committee were present.
