"Punjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring Addresses SIR Allegations Against BJP"
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has alleged that the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is part of the BJP’s “pre-election homework,” carried out under the guise of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Warring cautioned that Punjab could be next in line for SIR, following the Commission’s announcement to conduct the exercise in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal — all scheduled to go to polls next year. “SIR is nothing but the pre-election homework the ECI does for the BJP now,” he remarked.
The PCC chief accused the ECI of acting in an “organised manner” to benefit the ruling party. “Through SIR, the ECI not only collects voters’ data and keeps it at the BJP’s disposal but also disenfranchises sections like Dalits, Backward Classes, and minorities whom the BJP doubts will not vote for it,” Warring alleged.
He warned that the same strategy might be used in Punjab, where the BJP, he said, “does not have any significant base worth a single assembly segment.”
Warring asserted that the Congress would not allow the Election Commission to “do the BJP’s bidding” in Punjab. Urging vigilance, he appealed to voters to regularly verify their names on the electoral rolls, claiming that the main aim of SIR was to remove non-BJP voters.
He further said that Congress workers at the grassroots level would be tasked with monitoring the revision process to prevent any “vote theft” through disenfranchisement.
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