Rahul Gandhi questions ECI over SIR-linked declaration; poll body withdraws it

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned the Election Commission over an extra declaration tied to the voter-roll revision on the online Form 6 for new voter registration. The Commission has withdrawn the additional declaration in states where the revision exercise is complete.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has questioned the Election Commission over an additional declaration linked to the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls, attached to the online Form 6 used for new voter registration.

The Commission has since withdrawn the extra declaration in states where the revision exercise is complete.

The exchange follows sustained opposition criticism of the SIR process over fears that millions of names could be wrongly excluded from the rolls, a row that has already triggered planned nationwide protests.