SIR shadow over Winter Session

The Winter Session of Parliament begins Monday under the shadow of SIR with several parties uniting against it and threatening to stall proceedings in both Houses if a discussion is not allowed on it.

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The turmoil over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is all set to make a comeback after the Monsoon Session, a little over three months ago, as the Opposition is gearing up to sharply criticise the Union government and demand a full discussion on the contentious issue. Despite Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju’s appeal to the Opposition to let both Houses run smoothly, several members raised serious concerns, pointing to the reported deaths of at least 40 people during the SIR exercise. They accused the Election Commission of using the process as a pretext to disenfranchise voters by deleting names from the rolls