Watch | 'SIR Needs to End, Else Democracy Will End': Former CEC, Election Commissioner and Judge

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Description: S.Y. Quraishi, Ashok Lavasa and Justice Deepak Gupta join Kapil Sibal to discuss concerns around EROs and BLOs, Form 6, voter verification, access to voting rights and the implications of SIR on democracy.

S.Y. Quraishi, Ashok Lavasa and Justice Deepak Gupta join Kapil Sibal to discuss concerns around EROs and BLOs, Form 6, voter verification, access to voting rights and the implications of SIR on democracy.

Kapil Sibal

In this episode of Central Hall, Kapil Sibal engages in an in-depth conversation on India’s electoral process, the functioning and decision-making of the Election Commission of India, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, voter inclusion and deletion and the legal and constitutional questions surrounding these processes.

Joining him are Justice Deepak Gupta (Former Supreme Court Judge), S.Y. Quraishi (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) and Ashok Lavasa (Former Election Commissioner of India).

The discussion examines concerns raised around institutional decision-making, the role of electoral registration officers and booth level officers, centralisation of electoral data, Form 6, voter verification, access to voting rights and the implications for transparency and democratic participation. The guests bring their respective judicial, constitutional, electoral and administrative experience to a detailed discussion on the questions facing India’s electoral system and the way forward.

For our full coverage on the SIR and the issues it has brought to citizens, click here.

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