{"id":29268,"date":"2026-09-27T05:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T05:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29268"},"modified":"2026-09-27T05:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T05:29:27","slug":"sir-row-congress-khera-questions-ec-over-form-6-says-bengal-bihar-polls-illegal-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=29268","title":{"rendered":"SIR row: Congress&#8217; Khera questions EC over Form 6, says Bengal &#038; Bihar polls \u2018illegal\u2019 | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134514875,imgsize-140296,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ec-issues-clarification-on-sir.jpg\" alt=\"SIR row: Congress' Khera questions EC over Form 6, says Bengal &amp; Bihar polls \u2018illegal\u2019\" title=\"EC issues clarification on SIR\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"EC issues clarification on SIR\">EC issues clarification on SIR<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday questioned the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/election-commission\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Commission<\/a>&#8216;s response to concerns over Form 6, claiming that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was based on a change to the form that could not have been made without amending the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Speaking to news agency PTI, Khera said the rules could not be changed without being amended in Parliament and questioned whether the Election Commission had addressed the objections raised by Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;The 1960 Rules cannot be changed without being amended in Parliament. The biggest point of difference between Sandhu ji and Joshi with Gyanesh Kumar was this, and did we receive the answer to it today?&#8221; Khera said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Questions Form 6 changes<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Khera alleged that the SIR exercise was based on an &#8220;illegally changed&#8221; Form 6 and questioned the validity of elections conducted in Bengal and Bihar on the basis of the exercise.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>&#8220;The entire SIR is based on a Form 6 that was changed illegally. The SIR that arose from that illegal form has also become illegal. The elections held in Bengal and Bihar based on that illegal SIR have also become illegal. Did we get an answer on this?&#8221; he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>What is the Form 6 row?<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The controversy centres on the requirement for new voters to provide details linking themselves or their parents or grandparents to electoral rolls from the previous SIR.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>According to Indian Express reports, Election Commissioners Joshi and Sandhu had objected to incorporating the requirement into Form 6, arguing that the statutory form could not be altered without an amendment to the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The Election Commission, however, has maintained that there was &#8220;no change&#8221; to Form 6 and that the SIR-related requirement was an additional declaration prescribed under its SIR orders. The poll panel has also said the declaration attached to Form 6 for SIR had been upheld by the Supreme Court.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sir-row-congress-khera-questions-ec-over-form-6-says-bengal-bihar-polls-illegal\/articleshow\/134514834.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EC issues clarification on SIR NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday questioned the Election Commission&#8216;s response to concerns over Form 6, claiming that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was based on a change to the form that could not have been made without amending the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.Speaking 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