South Central Why ECI is pushing SIR, Yogendra Yadav explains | What the Bumble & Ranjith cases reveal about consent
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Oct 31, 2025 
Yogendra Yadav, a renowned psephologist and activist, critiques the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), highlighting flaws and risks of disenfranchising voters through faulty processes. He argues for better methods like house-to-house checks. Sukanya Shaji, a former lawyer and journalist, discusses recent High Court rulings on sexual harassment, revealing how these decisions often undermine justice by quashing complaints at early stages. They emphasize the complexities of consent and the need for a deeper understanding of power dynamics in such cases.
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EC Chose Medicine Before Diagnosing Disease
- The Election Commission (EC) treats SIR as a pre-decided 'medicine' and only optimised its administration after Bihar's rollout.
- Yogendra Yadav argues the EC ignored whether SIR was appropriate or constitutional before scaling it up.
Prefer House Visits Over Mass Enumeration
- Use old-style intensive revision with BLO house visits, on-the-spot checks, and signatures rather than mass enumeration forms.
- Supplement this with IT deduplication rather than SIR's document-heavy process.
Onus Shift From State To Individual
- SIR shifts the burden of voter-list accuracy from the state to individuals, creating a de facto self-registration model.
- Yadav warns this change typically causes a 5–10% drop in listed voters based on global comparisons.
