Actor-activist wants SIR exercise in State extended
Actor-activist Prakash Raj has urged the Election Commission to extend the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Karnataka by six months. He claims that current enumeration processes are flawed and have unfairly excluded many legitimate voters.
Why it matters
Concerns regarding the integrity of electoral rolls directly impact democratic participation and voter representation.
Multi-lingual actor-turned-activist Prakash Raj has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to extend the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the State by six months.
“The State has another two years before the next Assembly elections. Hence, the SIR should be conducted systematically, leaving no scope for discrepancies. In West Bengal, SIR was carried out in a hurry as elections were approaching. But the situation is different in Karnataka. There is no need to hurry,” he told reporters in Dharwad on Sunday.
Mr. Raj said that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have not completed the enumeration process properly, as per the ECI’s directions.
He pointed to several shortcomings in the distribution and collection of enumeration forms by displaying some documents.
He demanded that voters who have already exercised their franchise in the previous elections should not be required to apply afresh through Form 6 that is meant for new enrolment.
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