CEO says 4.46 crore voters mapped in Karnataka, groups question SIR rollout

Of the 5.57 crore electors successful Karnataka, 4.46 crore person already been mapped arsenic portion of the ongoing elector roll mapping ahead of the projected Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Chief Electoral Officer – Karnataka V. Anbukumar told members of the conjugation ‘My Vote, My Right’ on Wednesday, adding that the mapping whitethorn not beryllium afloat close astatine this stage. 

The gathering was held aft astir 20 members of the conjugation gathered extracurricular the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer - Karnataka, questioning the request for the SIR successful the State. The conjugation pointed retired that the workout was already nether mode successful 12 States and Union Territories and must be put connected clasp until the Supreme Court decides connected the petitions challenging it.