Civil society groups to launch a ‘My Vote, My Right’ campaign against SIR

Strongly opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) which is acceptable to beryllium taken up successful Karnataka, civilian nine groups person decided to motorboat a State-wide run titled ‘My Vote, My Right’ against the exercise.

A determination regarding the launching of the run was taken astatine a circular array held successful Bengaluru successful which astir 100 persons representing civilian nine organisations, governmental parties, commercialized unions, women’s rights groups, acrophobic citizens, autarkic activists, writers and pupil groups participated.

Bihar example

Citing the SIR acquisition successful Bihar wherever 68 lakh voters’ names were deleted, Mr. Clifton D’Rozario, State Secretary of the CPI (ML) Liberation alleged that women, Dalits, Muslims and migrant workers were those who were affected by the SIR.

“Shockingly successful Bihar, the ECI refused to judge widely-held individuality documents. Most of the poor, non-literate, women, Dalits and Other Backward Classes did not person the documents demanded by the ECI,” helium said.

Mr. Vinay Sreenivasa, who represented Bahutva Karnataka, said the full ground of SIR followed the aforesaid logic arsenic CAA-NRC. “Until 2023, the onus was connected the Election Commission to beryllium that the elector is not eligible to ballot earlier deleting his name. Under the projected SIR, the onus is connected the citizens to beryllium that they are eligible to vote. This volition marque citizens susceptible to harassment and pb to wide disenfranchisement of the marginalised,” helium alleged.

Issues with ID

Mr. Sreenivasa said the Voter ID issued by the ECI was not a valid papers successful the caller SIR process. Despite the situation to CAA-NRC pending successful the Supreme Court and nationwide protests, the ECI was attempting the aforesaid CAA-NRC nether a antithetic disguise arsenic SIR, helium alleged.

Indudara Honnapura, founder-member of DSS, observed that: “Voters take their leaders, but present the Election Commission is taking it upon it to take the voters.”

‘Govt should act’

Rizwan Khan, societal activistic from Ballari, suggested that the Congress authorities successful Karnataka should beryllium convinced to follow a solution successful the State Assembly similar Kerala against the SIR.