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Parakala Prabhakar on the ECI, SIR and the deletion of voters | South Central 95

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In this week's episode of South Central, hosts Pooja Prasanna and Anisha Sheth speak with political economist Dr Parakala Prabhakar about the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and voter deletions. The discussion evaluates an Indian Express investigation into the ECI and scrutinises the poll body's response regarding Form 6 applications and voter inclusions.

Dr Prabhakar explains that the Chief Election Commissioner acts as "first among equals" rather than a supreme authority. He questions whether the massive scale of voter deletions aligns with India's growing population and examines its impact on the legitimacy and credibility of both past and future elections. Additionally, the hosts and guest explore how voter removals risk erasing citizens from the political consciousness of parties and analyse the link between SIR and delimitation.

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@TufuDeDrake 7 hours ago

Every Public Sector should be reformed from COPS to IPS. from school to hospitals. Stop all free benefits for government employees. Corruption should be not tolerated at all.

@mohibquadri177 7 hours ago

Unconstitutional rules must be thrown in Dustbin

@Renderedshine 3 hours ago

I have a question about something no one is talking about, why people who have shifted are being deleted? Shouldnt the people be filling form8 for address change instead of deletion? Cause readdition means form 6- which is for first time voter registration only. So isn't the sir process completely flawed? Is there a new form for voters to be added after being deleted? How are these people supposed to get back their right?

@merajuddinahmed8106 1 hour ago

Resignation must be taken but most important is adding of those 13 Crores voter in the voting list whose names were deleted...
SC is asking Gyanesh how is added the new condition without permission but not giving order of adding of 13 crores voter in voter list and abolishing SIR.

@sreenathbv5586 5 hours ago

BJP made Congress win in Kerala and Vijay win in TN through Evm manipulation by eradicating left and Dravidian parties

@soniar5950 23 minutes ago

This man Parakala Prabhakar seems so fishy . How is he still married to his wife. In my view, this man and his wife are playing both sides. Most of the time, he is mouth shut, and just a few months before elections or after some scandal, he starts coming on media to say things against the current government . Not a word against his wife who has driven the economy to hell. Either their marriage is a big sham, or they both are con artist.

@sriharinarayan1 4 hours ago

Make Aadhar the new voter id and then you can see the difference biometrics cant be changed. Address in Aadhar will be in voter list. We have a huge database and IT infrastructure to do this already.