Owaisi Opposes SIR, Calls It a “Backdoor NRC” in Lok Sabha
New Delhi:10 December Posted on 8:35 PM
AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday opposed the Election Commission’s special Intensive Revision related to voter rolls. He said the order violates parliamentary law, contradicts Supreme Court directions, and selectively targets citizens on the basis of religion.
Speaking in Lok Sabha, Owaisi said the Representation of the People Act 1950 and Electoral Rules 1960 already define how names are included in voter rolls. Inclusion is based on self-declaration of citizenship supported by one of six documents listed in Form 6. This process is passed by Parliament and has legal validity.
He referred to a Supreme Court judgment in the Lal Babu Hussein case that held once a person is added to the electoral roll, there is...





