Delhi’s SIR (Special/State Identification Revision) exercise issues notices to about 33.1 lakh voters for verification of their electoral details, according to reports. The names of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are among those flagged.
Across outlets, the notices are sent for two main reasons: voters are marked due to discrepancies in their information, or they cannot be mapped to the previous SIR electoral roll. In this process, the flagged group is said to be roughly one-third of the total number of voters in the draft electoral rolls.
The reports describe the situation as an administrative verification step that precedes finalization of the electoral list, with further actions depending on how voters respond to the notices and whether the details are corrected or confirmed. While one outlet focuses on the specific individuals named in the notices and explains why they are flagged, the other emphasizes the scale of the exercise and the proportion of voters affected.
