SIR row: Congress' Khera questions EC over Form 6, says Bengal & Bihar polls ‘illegal’

Congress leader Pawan Khera criticized the Election Commission's handling of concerns over Form 6, alleging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was based on an illegally altered form. Khera argued that Form 6 could not be changed without amending the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, and questioned whether the Election Commission addressed objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.

Khera claimed that both Sandhu and Joshi contended that the statutory form could not be altered without a parliamentary amendment. He questioned whether the Commission had answered their concerns. Khera also argued that the entire SIR process, along with elections in Bengal and Bihar conducted on the basis of the illegal SIR, were now illegal.