Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram accused the Election Commission of India of creating non-voting citizens during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
Chidambaram's comments came after former Indian envoy to the UAE, Navdeep Suri, raised concerns about his own citizenship verification experience
Aug 24, 2026
11:04 am
What's the storySenior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram has slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
He accused the ECI of creating a new category of "non-voting citizens."
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