CEC defends SIR exercise, says it produced 'purest' electoral rolls
New Delhi, May 31 -- Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Saturday that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had produced the world's accurate voter lists, dismissing Opposition's criticism of the exercise, days after the Supreme Court upheld its validity. Inaugurating the second National Conference of ECI Counsels at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi, Kumar said the SIR was being conducted by more than 1.1 million booth level officers, assistant electoral registration officers and electoral registration officers .
Kumar said the SIR had produced "the purest and most accurate electoral rolls in the world, ensuring that every eligible voter is on the list and every ineligible name has been removed."
The remarks come days after a SC bench held that the SIR exercise furthered the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections....
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