'Method Of Disenfranchising Indians': Congress slams SIR
The Congress party has criticized the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, labeling it a 'method of disenfranchising Indians.' The party alleges that large-scale voter deletions are disproportionately affecting marginalized communities.
Why it matters
The controversy highlights ongoing tensions regarding electoral integrity and the potential for administrative processes to impact democratic participation.
The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is a “Method Of Disenfranchising Indians”, the Congress said on Monday (September 21, 2026), amid criticism over 33.13 lakh notices issued in Delhi over “discrepancies” in details furnished by people in their enumeration forms.
Most notices were issued because voter details did not match the information in the last SIR of electoral rolls, held in 2002.
Responding to a critical post over the name of the late economist Bibek Debroy appearing in the list of voters being issued notices for discrepancies, Jairam Ramesh, the Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, said “Actually at work here is a Method Of Disenfranchising Indians.”
Mr. Ramesh posted the words “Method Of Disenfranchising Indians” vertically, so that the first capital letters of the words together read, “MODI”.
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