Telangana Congress State-wide protests against ECI’s SIR handling on September 28

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has announced plans to organise protests across all district headquarters in the state on September 28, 2026, in response to what they describe as the mishandling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise by the Election Commission of India (ECI). TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud has demanded that the ECI provide a public clarification on the objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, who reportedly raised objections 14 times over the past 10 months regarding various aspects of the SIR process.

These objections encompassed issues such as the registration of new voters, deletions of names, maintenance of voter databases, and the use of electoral roll software. Goud emphasized the need for transparency and accountability in the ECI's functioning and called for a detailed explanation of the legal basis for changes proposed in Form 6, which citizens use for voter registration.

He also sought information on the role of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in making changes to voter data and demanded that the ECI publish state-wise and constituency-wise details of names deleted from draft electoral rolls, the reasons for deletions, and the number of objections and restorations. The TPCC claims that the reported objections from the two Election Commissioners have bolstered their concerns about the ECI's functioning.

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