NEW DELHI: As the Supreme Court on Friday prepares to hear a plea seeking the postponement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala ahead of the upcoming Local Self-Government Institutions (LSGI) elections, Opposition leaders on Friday said the matter represents both a legal and political battle that all parties must actively engage in.
Speaking to IANS about the Kerala government’s petition regarding the SIR, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said, “The government will file a petition, but I cannot comment on what stand the Supreme Court will take. This is both a legal and political battle, which all parties must engage in. The problem is that the Election Commission is functioning with obstinacy and running a process in which no one has confidence.”
He added, “Common people do not believe in this process. It is repeatedly claimed that the SIR had no impact on the Bihar elections. The voters who were deleted were largely from the Opposition. I have not heard anything more absurd. In my locality, most voters support the Congress. If you remove all such voters, then who will win? It is being said that the SIR did not have any impact — how can that be, when you have taken away people’s voting rights?”