Rejecting contentions linking the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) under way in Bihar with the “adding” of about 6.5 lakh voters in Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has said that the SIR has not yet been rolled out in the latter State. “It is, therefore, absurd to connect the SIR exercise in Bihar with Tamil Nadu. Such peddling of false statements with respect to the SIR should be avoided,” the Commission said in a social media post.
The post, seeking to check facts in light of the charges made by former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, said, there was no need for political leaders to spread “false information” with respect to the SIR exercisce being conducted by the ECI at the national level. “As far as voters, who have permanently shifted from Bihar to other States and are ‘ordinarily residents’ in those States, are concerned, the exact figures can be known only after the SIR has been conducted,” the Commission said.
