Poll Body Fact Checks Mallikarjun Kharge’s Post On Voter List Revision

New Delhi:

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has fact checked Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s post on the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, or voter list revision, being carried out in Bihar ahead of the assembly election due later this year.

Mr Kharge in a post on X had claimed the ECI amended the process of voter verification from asking for documents to only filling a form without any documents, following what he called “pressure from the Opposition, public and civil society”.

In response, the ECI today said Mr Kharge’s post was “misleading”.

“The claim made in this post, that no document is required and only filling the form is sufficient, is misleading,” the ECI said in a post on X.

“There is no change in the instructions. SIR is being conducted as per the orders dated 24.06.2025. While submitting the filled enumeration form before 25th July 2025 is mandatory, the documents can be submitted at any time either before 25th July 2025 or during the claims and objections period,” it said, and shared a link to the order it referred to in the post.