The Election Commission of India orders a special drive to enroll voters who were left out during the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The initiative focuses on eligible voters who were omitted or deleted during the revision process, as well as first-time and “young” voters.
The order comes after the SIR exercise results in the removal of a large number of names from draft electoral rolls across states and Union Territories, reported as around 13 crore deletions. Sources clarify that “SIR” deletions refer to names removed from draft rolls and do not necessarily mean all removed voters were wrongly excluded. Outlets describe the drive as a corrective enrolment step following the revision cycle rather than an allegation about the overall validity of the deletions.
