The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Mapping exercise is related to citizenship verification under Constitution, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
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The Hindu Bureau
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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated that the current electoral roll revision is a constitutional citizenship verification exercise. He emphasized that the process aims to remove ineligible names rather than delete valid voters.
The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is fundamentally a citizenship verification exercise mandated by the Constitution and electoral laws, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Friday (July 17).
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