This special report debates the Election Commission of India’s decision to expand its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise nationwide. The discussion features former CECs N. Gopalswami and S.Y. Quraishi, who support the move, and fierce critic Yogendra Yadav of Swaraj Abhiyan. Yogendra Yadav slammed the initiative, stating, ‘My first reaction is that an instrument of mass disenfranchisement has now been refined into targeted exclusion.’ The debate explores whether the SIR is a necessary exercise to purify electoral rolls, as the ECI claims, or if it unjustly shifts the burden of proof onto citizens, risking the exclusion of genuine voters. Arguments revolve around the reported success of the Bihar pilot project, the exclusion of documents like Aadhaar for primary verification, and the potential disenfranchisement of marginalized communities like women and migrants. Political analyst Rajat Sethi also provides his perspective, defending the ECI’s methods and questioning the opposition to the exercise.
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