Punjab Congress flags apprehensions about SIR Chandigarh 15 May ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Punjab Congress today flagged its concerns and apprehensions about the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls being done in Punjab. A delegation of the senior party leaders led by Member Parliament Dr Amar Singh and comprising of PCC general secretary-organisation Capt Sandeep Sandhu and Gagandeep Singh, raised various issues during an all party meeting convened by the Chief Electoral Officer Punjab here today. Later briefing reporters Dr Amar Singh and Capt Sandhu disclosed that they raised the issue of duplicate votes from other states who are registered in Punjab. They said, particularly the voters from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where the SIR process has already been completed, need to be screened in the Punjab electoral rolls. The party leaders urged the CEO to raise the matter with the Election Commission of India, since the duplicate voters from other states can be cross-checked by ...
Why Does SIR Cause Pain to AAP and Congress? Love for Fake Voters Stands Exposed : Tarun Chugh
Voter List Purification is the Foundation of Democracy; BJP Will Fully Cooperate : Tarun Chugh
Chandigarh 15 May ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh today welcomed the Election Commission of India's decision to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 16 states and 3 Union Territories, including Punjab. He described the exercise as a constitutional, transparent and democratic process aimed at ensuring that every genuine voter's name is included in the electoral rolls while fake, duplicate, deceased and infiltrator entries are removed. Chugh asserted that the purification of voter lists is not the agenda of any political party — it is the very foundation of democracy's credibility and integrity.
Launching a sharp attack on Congress and AAP, Tarun Chugh said that the opposition's protest against SIR in Punjab is nothing but rank hypocrisy and deliberate falsehood. He reminded that since Independence, the SIR process has been conducted 13 times in India — and on every single occasion, it was carried out under Congress rule at the Centre. He said it is deeply ironic that a process which was perfectly acceptable to Congress for decades is now being painted as "dangerous" simply because they fear electoral defeat in Punjab.
Tarun Chugh said the entire country wants to know why Congress and AAP are so troubled by a legitimate and transparent voter verification exercise. He questioned whether their opposition stems from the frustration of impending defeat, political desperation, or simply a deep attachment to fake and bogus voters. He said that those opposing voter verification must answer to the public — why do they fear transparency and cleanliness in the electoral process? Free and fair elections are possible only when the voter list is pure, and opposing this purification is nothing short of an insult to democracy.
Chugh made it clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party, as a responsible and nationalist political force, has always participated in the SIR process and will continue to do so actively and sincerely. He appealed to all political parties to support this democratic exercise and ensure that every booth-level process is conducted honestly so that the voter list remains credible, clean and free from bogus entries. A strong democracy begins with an honest electoral roll, and the BJP stands fully committed to that ideal.
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