Forum for Electoral Integrity urges NHRC to probe alleged discriminatory voter deletions under ECI’s SIR exercise
The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the Election Commission of India's voter roll revision process. The group alleges that the exercise has disproportionately removed minority voters from the rolls.
Why it matters
Concerns regarding the integrity of voter rolls and potential disenfranchisement of minority groups are critical to the health of democratic processes.
A civil society coalition, the Forum for Electoral Integrity (FEI), has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to intervene in what it describes as the arbitrary and discriminatory deletion of millions of names from electoral rolls during the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
In a representation submitted to NHRC chairperson Justice V. Ramasubramanian on Thursday, FEI sought an open public hearing, the summoning of affected petitioners and Election Commission officials, and an independent inquiry into the revision process. The forum alleged that the exercise has disproportionately affected Muslim, Bengali and other minority communities, raising concerns over violations of fundamental human rights.
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