IndiaPosted at: Sep 21 2026 12:58PM


Kharge questions 'VIP electors' label, calls SIR a 'flawed process' affecting even BJP leaders

New Delhi, Sep 21 (UNI) Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday stepped up his criticism of the Election Commission of India over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the exercise had exposed serious flaws in the verification of voters and was now even affecting even prominent figures associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Kharge said the Congress had opposed the process from the beginning, warning that an exercise launched in Bihar and subsequently extended to Delhi raised concerns over the protection of citizens' voting rights.
In a post on social media platform X, Kharge said, "Bihar se shuru hua SIR ab jab Delhi mein dastak de chuka hai, tab shayad sattaadhishon ko pata chal raha hai ki Congress party poore process ko pehle din se flawed kyun keh rahi thi!" (Now that the SIR, which began in Bihar, has reached Delhi, perhaps those in power are beginning to understand why the Congress had called the entire process flawed from the very first day.)
Describing SIR as an alleged instrument of "vote theft" and an attempt to undermine democracy, Kharge called it a "Frankenstein Monster", claiming that the process was now trapping members of the very political establishment associated with its implementation. He cited notices reportedly issued to senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani, the incumbent External Affairs Minister, the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, a Rajya Sabha member, a former union minister and a former chief minister. He also referred to notices reportedly issued earlier to a Bharat Ratna-awarded scientist and a former Chief of Naval Staff, questioning the grounds on which such individuals had been subjected to scrutiny.
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