Hyderabad, May 3 -- As many as 250 civil society members in states where Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls has been conducted or identified for phase 3 of the exercise, have jointly released an appeal asking for a stop to the process while a comprehensive review and corrections are carried out.

The civil society members, including at least 11 from Telangana, have flagged SIR as a "discriminatory, undemocratic, non-transparent and unscientific process" which has resulted in around 6 crore eligible voters across 10 states and three Union Territories losing their voting rights. Additionally, 35 lakh voters have been denied verification in West Bengal, they said.

Most of the affected groups include minorities, Adivasis...