A deep-seated conspiracy is underway across the country to systematically strip minorities, Dalits, Adivasis, and marginalized communities of their voting rights under the guise of the ‘Special Intensive Revision’ (SIR) of the electoral rolls. This conspiracy is not the work of Gyanesh Kumar alone; it is a plan to subvert the Constitution, orchestrated by the RSS from behind the scenes with the BJP government acting as the public face. This SIR initiative is part of a broader scheme to establish a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ while operating within the constitutional framework.
Former IAS officer Jawhar Sircar, renowned lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, and actor Prakash Raj leveled such explosive allegations at a citizens’ convention on Saturday. Shamik Bandyopadhyay, Ashok Nath Basu, Anita Agnihotri, and Aparna Bhattacharya also participated in the event.
Jahar Sircar stated that 1.3 to 1.4 million fake Form-7s were generated on the computer itself. He noted that the entire process was managed by the computer system, and only two individuals were privy to that system’s management: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Seema Khanna, the Director General of the Information Technology Department.
Jawahar Sircar himself has served as the State Election Commissioner. He highlighted five failures of the SIR, citing issues ranging from mapping and the exclusion of names due to “logical discrepancies” to unprecedented developments such as hearings conducted by judges.
Jahar Sircar said, “Names have been struck off using Form 7. I can guarantee—speaking from personal experience with the process—that the removal of names via Form 7 was orchestrated using computers. The rule for Form 7 requires the complainant to submit the necessary documentation. There is a limit; no single individual can submit more than five or ten such forms. Yet, how were Form 7 applications submitted to remove 13 to 14 lakh names? This game has been played not just here, but across the entire country. The objective is simple: if we cannot get names added, we will certainly have them removed.”
He further alleged that the Election Commission is currently instructing BLOs to go door-to-door and distribute Form-6, which requires the applicant to state, “I am becoming a voter for the first time.” The Commission is compelling people to provide this false information in cases involving the deletion of names from the electoral roll.
It is worth noting that a petition challenging the Commission’s new directive has been filed in the Supreme Court.
In a video message, actor Prakash Raj stated that the most dangerous trend threatening to destroy democracy is currently being witnessed. He said, “We must prioritize confronting the most dangerous trend—or the actions of the ruling regime—that is attempting to destroy our country’s democracy.”
He stated that it is evident—from the use of EVMs to the outcomes of various elections—how the Modi-Shah regime has been leveraging the Election Commission to serve its political interests since well before 2022. After engineering splits within parties in states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Bihar, the regime is now determining who can vote and who cannot through the revision of voter lists.
Raj stated that evidence has been obtained regarding the centralization of data via ECI-Net, the alteration of Form 6, and the use of Form 7 to remove the names of minority voters. These discrepancies became even more apparent following a report by The Indian Express.
Ashok Lavasa noted that there is dissent within the Commission itself, adding that 1.65 million appeals regarding name deletions have been submitted to the Commission.
In his video message, former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa said, “Controversy surrounding the Election Commission is steadily mounting. People are taking to the streets, demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner. Such a situation has never arisen before in the history of India.”
Citing an investigative report by The Indian Express dated September 23, he noted that two members of the Election Commission had raised objections regarding the fact that no agenda or minutes of the Commission’s meetings had been published for nearly a year. In fact, no meetings had taken place at all for four months. According to the law, decisions are supposed to be made either unanimously or by a majority vote, but how can this be determined in the absence of meeting minutes?
Regarding Form-6, he stated that, according to the law, the authority to amend rules lies with the government, not the Commission. How, then, did the Commission alter Form-6 to include an additional declaration? Later, the Supreme Court clarified that it had never approved this change, even though the Commission had claimed in a statement on September 26 that the Supreme Court had granted approval.
Regarding ECINet, he stated that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in Goa and Maharashtra have complained that the central software is hindering them from including the names of eligible voters. In West Bengal, eleven Appellate Tribunal judges have also lodged complaints that the software is obstructing their work. Legally, it is the ERO who has the authority to register names, yet the central software is effectively stripping them of that power.
Lawyer Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said, “Even though the RSS failed to get the vision of a Hindu Rashtra passed in the Constituent Assembly, it did not remain idle. After Modi came to power, plans were devised on how to implement a Hindu Rashtra by utilizing the organs of the Constitution. The SIR is part of that very plan. This is not the decision of any single individual; it is a collective decision of the BJP and the RSS.”
As he put it, “The primary right of the people is political justice, the core principle of which is ‘one man, one vote, one value.’ Modi realized that public support would not last indefinitely, so he devised a plan to snatch away the votes of the marginalized. Minorities, SCs, STs, and Dalits—these are the targets. We are witnessing this everywhere—in West Bengal, Bihar, and beyond.”
He stated, “Judges with a Hindutva mindset have made their way into the Supreme Court and High Courts as well.” He urged, “The responsibility of protecting the Constitution must be borne by the people themselves. The Supreme Court has begun to take a different stance precisely because a struggle is underway; the Commission is promising to include everyone’s names because protests are taking place at Jantar Mantar. This struggle is the only way forward.”A call was also made to raise a voice against economic inequality, the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few families, and the deprivation of the poor of their rights—such as those related to the 100-day work scheme.
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