Transgender activist Ranjita Sinha sees hope in the initiative, urging authorities to introduce simpler documentation rules and dedicated support so every transgender person can seamlessly update their gender identity and fully participate in the voter list revision.
"After every defeat, you need to conduct an honest introspection. We, too, have gone through defeats. We honestly introspected on where we went wrong? So many days have passed since then, but these people (opposition) haven't introspected even now. These people are still blaming vote thef
"The collective effort of all opposition parties is to ensure that the voter list is prepared properly. In Bihar, the RJD, despite being a popular party, lost all those seats where the most votes were deleted through SIR. At a time when there are the most weddings, SIR is underway in Utta
The Supreme Court has sought the Election Commission of India's (ECI) response to a batch of pleas filed by various petitioners including the Kerala government challenging the ECI's decision to carry out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of the voter roll in the Kerala.
Of the nearly 50.97 crore electors as of October 27, the number of enumeration forms distributed for the second phase of the SIR drive remains at 50.43 crore, the EC said in its daily bulletin.
Responding to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's allegation of "vote theft", Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday said that multiple pieces of evidence have emerged indicating manipulation in the electoral rolls, including large-scale additions and deletions of voters i
"Mein aaj yeh yeh spasht karna chahta hu ki hum is desh mein se eke k ghuspetiye ko chun chun kar bahar nikalenge, yeh humara pran nhai (today I want to make it clear that we will single-handedly remove all the infiltrators from this country. This is our pledge.) The SIR is a process to p
Sharing a letter on X addressed to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Banerjee described the exercise as "unplanned, chaotic and dangerous," highlighting gaps in training, lack of clarity on documentation, and the impossibility of meeting voters amidst their work schedules.
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, at an event held at Sir PT Thiyagaraja Hall, launched a scathing attack on BJP and AIADMK, where he accused both parties of jointly misleading people and protecting those involved in "vote theft" on Friday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed shock and sadness over the death of Booth Level Officer Shanti Muni Ekka, who took her own life due to "unbearable pressure" from Special Revision of Electoral Rolls (SIR) work.
Meanwhile, more than 50.40 crore electors, nearly 99 per cent, have received enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and union territories, according to the Election Commission of India.