18 Mar 2024
Neta·ResumeNo SIR figures for Uttarakhand are in the record yet. It is in Phase III of the SIR.
Included in Deccan Herald's Phase III draft tally of 17 States/UTs (1 Sep 2026), but no figure for Uttarakhand on its own is in the record (numbers-phase3-draft-tally-2026-09-01).
In the Lok Sabha debate on electoral reforms, Rahul Gandhi alleged 1.2 lakh duplicate photos in the Bihar SIR roll, sought machine-readable rolls for parties a month before polls and withdrawal of the rule allowing CCTV footage to be destroyed. Congress's Manish Tewari questioned the SIR's legal basis. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said SIRs were held several times under Congress governments.
The Lok Sabha debate transcript on sansad.in was not opened.
On the SIR's legal basis, raised in the debate: the Supreme Court's later judgment of 27 May 2026 on the Bihar SIR traced the Commission's power to Section 21(3) of the RP Act, 1950.
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