The Supreme Court questioned the Election Commission on Wednesday over the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Delhi. The court asked why around 43 lakh voters excluded from the draft voter list, whose names were listed under the ‘shifted or absent’ category, were being asked to fill out Form 6 to have their names added again. Form 6 is meant for registering new voters, whereas these people were already included in the voter list. The Supreme Court told the Election Commission that Forms 6, 7 and 8 could not be changed. Before the SIR in Delhi, there were around 1.45 crore voters. Around 97.53 lakh names were included in the draft voter list released on 31 August. Thus, approximately 47.57 lakh names were left out of the draft list. What are Forms 6, 7 and 8 used for? What is the controversy over Form 6? The controversy over Form 6 began last month after The Indian Express reported that two Election Commissioners had objected to changes made to the form used during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A petition was subsequently filed in the Supreme Court on this basis. The Opposition’s main allegation is that the Election Commission violated the rules by adding an additional SIR-related declaration to Form 6 for new voters, creating an unnecessary hurdle for first-time voters. Post navigation RSS to overhaul its organisational structure:Around 90 divisions to be formed from 46 provinces; state units to be created Katrina Kaif on body shaming after motherhood:Says, ‘Trolls ignore the facts, women need not rush back to their old shape’
