'Notices do not mean name deletion': EC clarifies after Kejriwal, Jaishankar, Advani get SIR letters
The clarification came after notices were issued to several prominent political figures during the ongoing SIR in the national capital.
The Election Commission (EC) of India has clarified that notices issued to voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls do not mean their names will be removed from the voter list. This clarification came after several prominent figures, including Rekha Gupta, Arvind Kejriwal, LK Advani, Manish Sisodia, and Kailash Gahlot, received notices during the ongoing SIR in Delhi.
The EC insisted that no names will be deleted from the electoral rolls without providing an opportunity for the voters to be heard and a proper, speaking, and appealable order. The draft electoral roll, prepared using details submitted by electors through Enumeration Forms to Booth Level Officers, was published on August 31. Notices are being sent to voters whose entries could not be linked with the last intensive revision or where logical discrepancies were found in the linking process.
Voters who receive notices can submit their replies and required documents to the concerned Election Returning Officer (ERO) or Booth Level Officer (BLO). The final electoral roll, which includes the names of those who have responded, is scheduled to be published on November 4.
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