‘Special Intensive Revision is turning millions of voters into outsiders in their own country’
The article suggests voter disenfranchisement targeting marginalized communities.
Pragatipara Sanghatanegala Okkuta and Kalyana Karnataka Horata Samiti organized a workshop in Kalaburagi on February 1st to address concerns about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Progressive thinker Shivasundar warned that the SIR process, which aims to update electoral rolls, is being used to target marginalized communities by denying them official records and questioning their citizenship. Activist K. Prakash explained that the voter list verification process should be handled by the Election Commission, but the current SIR process is going beyond this scope. Basavaraj Deshmukh, who presided over the workshop, emphasized the importance of voting rights in a democracy. Shivasundar further alleged political motives behind the exercise and claimed that it is being used to suppress opposition parties by deleting their supporters from electoral rolls.
1 MAR 2026
· THIS STORY — The Hindu
Activists and community leaders raised concerns that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise is being used to target marginalized communities and suppress opposition parties.
2 MAR 2026
— The Hindu
The Election Commission's SIR process has led to the deletion of thousands of names, particularly in Matua-majority seats, creating political tension in West Bengal.
— The Hindu
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Election Commission of India of a "nexus" with the BJP to disenfranchise voters through post-SIR roll deletions.
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