HighLights
  1. Kejriwal family received notices from Delhi Election Commission.
  2. Notices issued under 'Unmapped with Last SIR' category.
  3. AAP criticizes EC over Delhi voter list revision.

SIR Notice Issue: Arvind Kejriwal, former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor, and four members of his family were marked as the “Unmapped with Last SIR” category in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Kejriwal and his kin were served notices by the Delhi Election Commission under the SIR drive, triggering a political row. 

Later, it was reported that several dignitaries, including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, also received SIR notices.

Kejriwal, his wife Sunita Kejriwal, father Gobind Ram Kejriwal, mother Gita Devi and son Pulkit Kejriwal were among those who received an SIR notice under the Unmapped category.

The office of Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer has issued notices under the SIR process to Kejriwal and his family. Kejriwal is a voter in the New Delhi-40 Assembly constituency.

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So far, 31.63 lakh voters have received the notices, the CEO office said in a statement. Most notices were for missing records from previous special intensive revision (SIR) held in 2002.

According to documents from the Delhi Election Commission, among the 110 voters of ‘Part-51, KG Marg’, in the New Delhi Assembly constituency who have been issued notices, the names of Arvind Kejriwal and five members of his family are included.

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CM Rekha Gupta, Kapil Sibal And Others Also Served Notices

Meanwhile, several prominent voters, including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and former Union minister Kapil Sibal, have been issued notices for "discrepancies" in the details of their enumeration forms submitted under the ongoing SIR exercise.

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The entry for the chief minister, however, has been "validated", and her name will be included in the final electoral roll of Shalimar Bagh constituency, scheduled to be published on November 4, the CEO office said in a statement.

Officials said former Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal were also sent notices. The entry for the Delhi chief minister was identified in the list of logical discrepancies based on details provided in the enumeration form.

Each Delhi voter was required to submit completed forms during the door-to-door verification exercise from June 30 to August 17. Notices are being issued to over 33.13 lakh voters whose names were published in draft rolls for discrepancies in their enumeration form details.

(With PTI Inputs)


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