Are there two tiers of citizens in India when it comes to voting rights? In this episode of Editorial, Sujit Nair analyzes the Election Commission of India's (ECI) ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process and how it creates a stark divide between "VIP voters" and ordinary citizens.
While celebrities, politicians, and high-ranking officials get seamless doorstep verification to ensure their names remain on the electoral roll, millions of everyday citizens face non-mapping notices, missing names, and tedious visits to Electoral Registration Offices (ERO) and BLOs.
The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has sparked a wider debate over voter verification and the credibility of the process.
In this editorial, HW News Managing Editor Sujit Nair various facets of this controversial exercise, including the glaring divide between a VIP and an ordinary voter.
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