Civil society signatories demand that SIR be stopped

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It is simply a substance  of superior   concern, the connection    demanding the halt of the SIR said, that those targeted and removed from the elector  database  are mostly  from the minorities, adivasis, dalits, those from the marginalised sections similar  migrant workers, regular  wage   labourers, and nomadic communities. 

It is simply a substance of superior concern, the connection demanding the halt of the SIR said, that those targeted and removed from the elector database are mostly from the minorities, adivasis, dalits, those from the marginalised sections similar migrant workers, regular wage labourers, and nomadic communities.  | Photo Credit: File Photo

Over 300 signatories person demanded a halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the likes of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, histrion Prakash Raj, and activistic Teesta Setalvad terming the SIR arsenic “an exclusionary, undemocratic, non-transparent, and unscientific process of electoral rotation revision.”

“In the 10 States and 3 Union Territories wherever SIR has been conducted truthful far, astir 6 crore rightful voters person been deprived of their close to franchise. During the SIR successful Bengal, astir 35 lakh voters seeking adjudication were denied verification done nary responsibility of their own. They mislaid their close to vote. This wide denial of their basal close has proven, beyond doubt, that this is simply a flawed process, and designed with mala fide intent,” said the associated telephone from civilian nine crossed the States wherever SIR has been conducted, arsenic good arsenic from those identified for SIR’s Phase 3 implementation.

Published - May 03, 2026 08:47 p.m. IST

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