New Delhi, Aug 13 — Political analyst and activist Yogendra Yadav appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, raising serious concerns over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls. He described the exercise as an unprecedented attempt at large-scale disenfranchisement, claiming that lakhs of voters had been removed without due process.
To illustrate the issue, Yadav presented two individuals who had been wrongly marked as deceased and excluded from the draft voter list. He argued that the revision was not merely flawed in execution but fundamentally designed to eliminate voters, particularly from vulnerable communities.
Yadav criticized the requirement for all voters to re-submit documents, pointing out that such a blanket demand had not been made in previous revisions. He also noted that the current process had led to negligible additions, suggesting that the focus was on deletion rather than inclusion.
The Bench acknowledged the gravity of the claims, with Justice Joymalya Bagchi noting that errors, though serious, could be rectified. The Court thanked Yadav for his detailed submissions and will continue hearing the matter in the coming days.
