There will be a 10-hour high-tension debate on SIR and election reforms in the Lok Sabha today. The opposition will raise the issue of vote theft, BLO deaths and impartiality of the Election Commission. From the Congress side, 10 leaders including Rahul Gandhi will participate in the discussion, which is likely to make the session more heated.
New Delhi. The seventh day of the winter session of the Lok Sabha is going to be very important. Today i.e. on 09 December 2025, there is going to be a long, 10-hour debate in the Parliament on electoral reforms and Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The atmosphere in the Lok Sabha is already heated, as the opposition is continuously attacking the government on issues like vote theft, deaths of BLOs, impartiality of the Election Commission. The special thing is that Rahul Gandhi and 10 other big leaders from Congress will participate in today’s debate. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is going to answer the entire matter on behalf of the government on December 10. In such a situation, today’s debate can be very politically sensitive and interesting.
Will the secret of the big election game in the name of SIR be revealed?
For the last several days, from Parliament to the streets, the opposition has been alleging that votes are being stolen during the SIR process. The opposition is attacking the government by calling SIR a “confusing process”. The most serious allegation is that BLOs (Booth Level Officers) are dying due to excessive work pressure. The opposition claims that many BLOs have committed suicide or died due to extreme stress. On the other hand, after NDA’s record victory in Bihar assembly elections, the opposition has again raised the allegation of “vote theft”. For this reason, today’s SIR debate is being considered even more controversial.
What is SIR? Is this really a process to correct the voter list?
SIR (Special Intensive Revision) is the process of the Election Commission through which the voter list across the country is updated.
It mainly performs three functions:
- Inclusion of new 18+ youth in voter list
- Removing names of those who have died or shifted somewhere else
- Correcting old mistakes like wrong name, wrong address, name entered in two places
- For this, BLOs go door-to-door to get the forms filled and check the documents.
The objective is clear that no eligible citizen should be left out of the voter list and no ineligible person should remain in the list. But the question of the opposition is that if the process is so clean and transparent, then why are things like deaths of BLOs, voter deletion, same person voting at two places, and entry of NRC documents coming to light?
In which states the SIR process is going on? Is your name also in danger?
The Election Commission has implemented the SIR process in 12 states. A total of more than 51 crore voters are included in this. States with SIR: Andaman-Nicobar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. The first phase has been completed in Bihar, where the final list of 7.42 crore voters was released.
Can your name be removed from the voter list due to SIR?
Yes-If your documents do not match, or the BLO does not find you by visiting your address multiple times, your name can be removed. For this reason, a large number of citizens in many states are worried whether a game of vote deletion is going on in the name of SIR.
Which documents are valid? Do you have all these?
During SIR various documents are accepted to prove the voter’s identity and residence:
- Aadhar card
- Passport
- 10th mark sheet
- pension card
- family register
- Government Department ID Card
- birth certificate
- permanent residence certificate
- forest rights certificate
- caste certificate
- Land/house allotment letter
That means there are many documents from which your name can be added or removed.
What has been the progress of SIR so far? Why are the figures shocking?
So far 98.69% forms have been digitized across the country. But the biggest question is, why such a massive acceleration? Is this a normal process, or preparation for some major change before the elections? For example, in Uttar Pradesh, about 96.91% of the 15.44 crore voters’ forms have been digitized. About 99.97% forms are digitized in Madhya Pradesh. Some states have reached 100%.
Is there a major electoral reform hidden behind SIR that has been stalled since 2004?
The Election Commission says that SIR was done several times from 1951 to 2004, but it was not done in the last 21 years. Now, when problems like large-scale migration, voter names at two places, data of dead voters, and entry of foreign citizens have increased in the country, SIR had become necessary.
Which big bills will come up in the session? Will the SIR debate be suppressed between them?
This time 10 big bills are being introduced in the winter session. These include:
- Atomic Energy Bill (Private companies allowed to set up nuclear plants)
- Higher Education Commission of India Bill (a new national commission by abolishing UGC-AICTE)
- National Highway Amendment Bill
- Corporate Law Amendment Bill
- Securities Markets Code Bill
- 131st amendment of the Constitution (bringing Chandigarh under Article 240)
- Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Bill
But the heat of SIR is also pushing back the debate on these bills.
Why is today’s debate considered historical?
- 10 hours discussion
- Opposition vs government direct contest
- Rahul Gandhi’s participation
- Controversy over BLO deaths
- vote theft allegations
- Future of new electoral reforms
Today’s debate is not just about the voter list – it is the real test of India’s electoral transparency, democratic system and voter rights.