SIR Electoral Row: Controversy and controversy over SIR; What exactly is this Special Intensive Revision?

Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the voter list ahead of the elections. After Bihar, there are reports that the voter list will also be revised in West Bengal. The country's politics is currently in turmoil over this. The Election Commission has already removed the names of 52 lakh people from the voter list in Bihar.In the revision of the voter list, information gathering was done by going door to door. Representatives went door to door without informing anyone in advance. They verified the valid voters by keeping in mind the specified deadline. If the previous voter list is found to be faulty, the Election Commission sends representatives to collect information from door to door to prepare a new list. This is done before important elections or as part of the delimitation process.The Election Commission claims that Article 324 of the Constitution gives it the power to amend the voter list. But the opposition claims that the Commission is misinterpreting the Constitution because Article 326 of the Constit

Why is SIR different from the previous electoral roll revision process?

Section 25 of the Registration of Electors Rules provides for three types of revisions – intensively or summarily, partly intensively or partly summarily. As the commission says. In the case of special summary revision, revisions can be made in the electoral roll throughout the country at the end of every year. The commission can complete it even before the assembly elections. The whole matter is completed by going door to door to collect information about who has died, who has permanently changed places, whose name is registered in two places, whose voter card needs to be corrected. The draft list is published like that.

Under intensive revision, a new electoral roll is prepared, which has been done 13 times since 1952. In this case, booth-level officials go door to door and collect information of adult citizens. It has the signature of the head of the house. Additional documents are required only if someone is a resident of an area adjacent to the border of another country.

In that regard, Bihar's SIR is a completely new system, which is completely different. In this case, the onus of proving citizenship is on the voters. At the same time, the commission is no longer respecting the sanctity of the previous voter list prepared by itself.

What documents are required for SIR to prove one's legal citizenship?

1) Any identity card/pension card/pension document if an employee of the state government, central government or public sector undertaking.

2) Identity card, certificate or other document issued by the government of India, local administration, bank, post office, LIC, public sector undertaking before 1987.

3) Valid birth certificate.

4) Passport.

5) Certificate from a secondary or government recognized board or university.

6) Permanent address document of the concerned state.

7) Forest rights certificate.

8) Valid certificate of OBC/SC/ST or any other caste.

9) NRC document if available (in the state where it will be available)

10) Family registration document with the state or local administration.

11) Government document of land or house.

12) Copy of name in the 2003 voter list if available.