00:01Our next story focuses on a certain exercise that has seen its own share of controversies
00:07across states in this very country.
00:10Yes, we're speaking of the special intensive revision.
00:13Now, the latest flashpoint in that very episode is that the SIR scrutiny has reached the doorstep
00:19of the former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta herself.
00:24With Kejriwal and four members of his family having been served electoral roll verification notices.
00:30Kejriwal, his wife Sunita, parents Gobindram and Geeta Devi and son Pulkit have all been flagged
00:37under the unmapped with last SIR category.
00:41This comes after Kejriwal had publicly questioned the SIR exercise over deletions from the draft electoral roll.
00:48Kejriwal in fact steps up his attack on the SIR calling it an attempt to reduce India's population.
00:54He claims the exercise could bring the population down from 140 crore to 50 crore
00:59while alleging 47 lakh names are missing from the draft voter roll.
01:04Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's electoral details were flagged for a discrepancy
01:09during the SIR process prompting a notice.
01:11But after physical verification by the Booth Level Officer,
01:15her documents and details were checked and validated.
01:18So this is the latest in that very procedure that we've been tracking,
01:24taking place across states from time to time.
01:26This is the latest flashpoint.
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