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EC defends SIR, says it will result in fresh list of voters
November 04, 2025
|The Free Press Journal
A day after a meeting of multi-parties chaired by DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin decided to legally challenge the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to undertake SIR 2.0, the poll body — strongly defended its action, albeit in a different case.
On Monday, Niranjan Rajagopalan, standing counsel for the ECI informed the Madras High Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would practically lead to creation of a fresh list of eligible voters in Tamil Nadu, which goes to the polls next year. This is distinct from the exercise of Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls, which is undertaken annually as well as before each Assembly or parliamentary polls.
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