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Jairam Ramesh Slams Centre Over Voter Roll Revision And Backs Rahul Gandhi
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Moneycontrol•07-10-2026, 16:45
Jairam Ramesh Slams Centre Over Voter Roll Revision And Backs Rahul Gandhi
- •Congress MP Jairam Ramesh supported Rahul Gandhi after the Delhi Police filed an FIR against him and other INDIA bloc leaders.
- •The FIR follows a Tuesday protest where opposition leaders demonstrated against the Election Commission over alleged electoral irregularities.
- •Ramesh coined the term SIR as Shahenshah Instigated Removal, alleging that crores of genuine voters lost their constitutional voting rights.
- •The protest involved a sit-in near Akashvani Bhavan lasting over eight hours after police blocked a planned march to Nirvachan Sadan.
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The Delhi Police filed an FIR against Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders after they entered the Akashvani Bhavan premises without permission and refused to vacate during a protest against the Election Commission.
Jairam Ramesh criticized the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, defining SIR as "Shahenshah Instigated Removal" or "Shah Instigated Removal" of voters.
The Congress party claimed that 6.18 crore voter names had been deleted across 12 states and two Union Territories during the third phase of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision.
