Future Polls Must Use Pre-SIR Voter List, Say Civil Society Groups, Demanding a Full Rollback of the SIR

Future polls must use pre-SIR voter list, say civil society groups, demanding a full rollback of the SIR

The also demanded the removal of the CEC, an independent probe into the ECI’s decisions, and a public social audit of the electoral roll; “if free and fair polls are under threat, then what remains of democracy?” asks senior lawyer Kapil Sibal

‘Roll Back SIR, Hold Gyanesh Kumar Accountable’: Former Judges, Lawyers and Activists Demand Restoration of Deleted Voters

India Tomorrow NEW DELHI: Former judges, senior advocates, activists and civil society voices came together in Delhi to demand the rollback of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and accountability of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, amid concerns over what they described as systematic and mass disenfranchisement of voters. The participants said […]

SIR row: ‘Enough is enough’: Civil society demands rollback of voter revision, accountability from ECI

At a Press Club of India meeting, lawyers, former judges, activists and public figures demanded restoration of deleted voters, a public audit of electoral rolls, disclosure of the Election Commission’s SIR records and an independent inquiry into decisions taken under CEC Gyanesh Kumar