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In an interview discussing the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists, the interviewee raised strong objections to the manner in which the process is being executed, particularly in Mumbai. The guest argued that genuine long-time voters who participated in elections between 2002 and 2026 have found their names omitted from the draft rolls. While acknowledging that an audit to remove fraudulent duplicate entries could benefit India if conducted properly, the interviewee alleged that current authorities are operating under political diktats. Criticising the centralisation of powers that sidelines local Electoral Registration Officers, the guest demanded that the revision be conducted in a transparent and fearless manner.

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00:00You're saying there is vote chori, but you're also saying in the same breath that there have been a large
00:04number of fraudulent duplicate voters in Mumbai itself, right?
00:08Election commission is saying we are cleaning up the rolls. We are removing those very same duplicate fraudulent voters in
00:16a city like Mumbai. What's wrong with that?
00:18My hope was genuine in SIR. We thought that the SIR would clean up the list. But today what we're
00:26seeing are some startling details where lax and lax of voters who have voted in 2002, who have voted in
00:322007, who have voted in 2009, who have voted in 2014, who have voted in 2019, who have voted in
00:372024, who have voted right now in 2026, have been omitted from the list.
00:44Lax and lax of voters. The SIR, if conducted properly, would have been a huge boon for India. But today,
00:51as it goes, and you've seen our election commission also, he's also made a formal complaint with the ECI saying,
00:57give us the authority to take call at the local level. EROs don't have power.
01:01So, let's be very clear. You're saying you're not against the SIR. You want an SIR. You want a clean
01:07up of the rolls. You're saying the manner in which it's been executed, with lax of voters losing out, at
01:13the moment on a draft electoral roll, mind you only, it's the execution you have a problem with, not with
01:19an SIR per se. Am I correct?
01:21I think that's what everyone's saying. Everyone wants a clean list. Of course. I'll tell you why.
01:25There are those who are saying, we want a pre-SIR. The Kaukrut Janata Party is saying, please go back
01:30to electoral rolls pre-SIR. The Congress is saying, suspend the entire SIR process. Is that what you're saying also?
01:37I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why everyone's saying this. Because the special intensive revision is supposed to be
01:42carried out in special times. One. Two, if you genuinely believe that a special intensive revision is supposed to be
01:48carried out right now, conduct it in a clean, clear, fair, and fearless manner.
01:54Why are you going by the dictates of the BJP? Why is Gyanesh Kumar serving the BJP and not the
01:59country? This is Deshidroei. And this is what everyone's against. Bring someone like Mr. TN Session. Bring someone like Tukaram
02:07Munde. Hold us accountable if you want to. But conduct an SIR which is free and fair. Today what is
02:13happening is an exercise that is happening for the benefit of the BJP by Gaddar, Gyanesh, and Seema Khanna. That
02:19is what everyone is against.

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