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Jairam Ramesh invokes Rawat's SIR critique, flags 'Vote Chori' threat

New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh on Thursday cited former Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat's criticism of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, arguing that the controversy over electoral-roll revisions had become part of a wider struggle to safeguard public confidence in India's electoral system.
In a post on social media platform X, Ramesh referred to Rawat's recent interview with a leading national daily and quoted the former CEC as saying that the scale of voter exclusion under the SIR was unprecedented since Independence. "It is 'the first time since Independence that so many eligible voters have lost their vote'," Ramesh quoted Rawat as saying.
Ramesh further claimed that "nearly 14 crore voters have already been disenfranchised by the SIR", and cited Rawat's criticism of the Election Commission's functioning and its handling of the electoral-roll revision exercise. Rawat has separately raised concerns over the SIR process, changes to Form 6 and reported differences within the three-member poll panel.
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