Dehradun, Aug. 11 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttarakhand has begun generating political heat as the data has revealed that a small number of people have filed an unusually large number of objections during the exercise. As many as 12,209 objection applications have been registered so far during the ongoing SIR exercise, but what has drawn attention is that some particular people have themselves filed dozens, and in some cases more than 100 objections.

According to the data available, the highest number of objections has been filed by a person named Nitin, who has submitted 156 objections. The objections filed by him are related to the Jaspur and Kichha Assembly constituencies. The figures indicate that 64...