THE HINDU DATED 28th SEP 2026

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THE HINDU DATED 28th SEP 2026

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1. SIR Controversy — Congress Says ECI Failed to Undo ‘Disenfranchisement’

The Congress has criticised the Election Commission’s latest corrective measures relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, arguing that they do not adequately address voters allegedly excluded earlier. The ECI recently stopped compulsory physical hearings for certain “unmapped” voters and persons whose records contain logical discrepancies, while providing for Booth Level Officers to assist affected electors and announcing a special enrolment drive. Learn Thru Practice Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh characterised these measures as evidence of problems in the original exercise; this remains a political assessment rather than an established judicial finding. The constitutional issue concerns universal adult suffrage under Article 326, read with the ECI’s powers under Article 324 and electoral statutes. Roll revision must remove genuinely ineligible entries without excluding legitimate citizens through disproportionate documentation or procedural barriers. Gist: electoral integrity requires both clean rolls and inclusive rolls; transparency, notice, assistance and effective appeal mechanisms are essential to reconcile these objectives.

2. Over 2,000 Citizens Write to CJI — Judicial Scrutiny of Electoral-Roll Revision