SIR in Delhi: EC prepares for revision exercise; uploads voter list of SIR-2002

NEW DELHI: After Bihar, the signifier is acceptable for a peculiar intensive revision of electoral rolls successful Delhi, with the Election Commission connected Wednesday uploading the elector database of 2002 and mapping it with contiguous constituencies.In a station connected X, CEO Delhi wrote, “CEO Delhi has started preparations for palmy behaviour of SIR-2025 successful Delhi. Voter database of SIR-2002 and mapping with contiguous constituencies uploaded.”Earlier, arsenic a precursor to ordering a pan-India peculiar revision of electoral rolls, the EC held a gathering with main electoral officers (CEOs) of each states and UTs to measure their preparedness. The gathering focused connected reviewing records of the past intensive revision, the existent presumption of the elector list, and gathering suggestions connected state/UT-specific documents that whitethorn beryllium accepted to found eligibility for inclusion successful the rolls.The EC is expected to denote a nationwide SIR soon, perchance aboriginal this period oregon aboriginal adjacent month. This workout volition regenerate the yearly Special Summary Revision (SSR), with January 1, 2026 arsenic the notation date, arsenic earlier reported by TOI.The Bihar SIR, announced successful June, faced crisp disapproval from absorption parties, which alleged that crores of eligible citizens risked losing their voting rights owed to deficiency of due documents. Following this, the Supreme Court directed the EC to guarantee that nary eligible elector is excluded from the rolls.According to the canvass panel, the superior purpose of the SIR is to place and region “foreign amerciable migrants” by verifying place-of-birth details of applicants and existing voters.