Stories
When Congress Wins It Is Democracy But When It Loses It Is Vote Chori
- •The Congress party celebrates election wins under revised electoral rolls but labels defeats as vote theft or vote chori.
- •The Special Intensive Revision removed 13 crore entries including dead voters, duplicates, and people who permanently relocated.
- •Rahul Gandhi previously complained about duplicate voters and invalid addresses, which is the exact rot the electoral clean-up targeted.
- •Booth-level officers carrying out the revision are state government employees, including those operating in opposition-ruled states.
- •The Supreme Court upheld the Special Intensive Revision as a lawful exercise to restore the accuracy and integrity of voter rolls.
Key Questions Answered
The INDI Alliance has demanded that the Election Commission roll back the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and restore the approximately 13 crore names that were deleted from the electoral rolls. Their campaign claims the revision process is flawed, leading to allegations of vote theft.
The Election Commission stated that the deleted entries fell under categories such as deceased voters, duplicate registrations, people who permanently moved, and voters who could not be found at their registered addresses despite house-to-house verifications.
After months of hearings, the Supreme Court upheld the Special Intensive Revision on May 27 as a lawful exercise intended to restore the accuracy and integrity of India's voter rolls.
