Election Commission's SIR Claim to Supreme Court and RTI Reply

The most important thing the Election Commission told the Supreme Court is that the decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision nationwide that is, the decision to conduct a special intensive revision of the voter list the decision to clean up the voter list was taken by the Election Commission unanimously. That is,

it was taken with the consent of all three Election Commissioners.

All three SIR orders of June 2025, October 2025, and May 2026 were unanimous decisions of the Commission.

That is, Dr. Vivek Joshi, Dr. S. S. Sandhu, and Gyanesh Kumar made the decision by consensus.

This was told to the Supreme Court by the Election Commission. But what is the truth?

When the SIR began in Bihar, a circular was issued on June 24.

There was an uproar in Bihar. The names of 6.8 million voters were deleted.

Allegations of vote theft were being made. At that time, an RTI was filed. The RTI specifically asked this question The SIR that has caused chaos across Bihar who ultimately made that decision?

Let me present the RTI's findings before you. What was asked?

This RTI was filed on 28 June. The RTI asked for files related to the decision to undertake a nationwide SIR, notings and correspondence, so it could be known who made the decision and when.

Do you know what the Principal Secretary of the Election Commission of India replied at the time?

The Commission's response is on record. You can go anywhere and check it.

What does the Commission say in its reply? The Commission has so far not taken any decision on initiating a Special Intensive Revision across the country in 2025 and hence no information to be provided in this regard. The Commission has not even taken a decision on the SIR, and therefore, there is no file in this regard,

In connection with this, anything related to it, we are unable to provide. This is what the Election Commission of India is saying.