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Lok Sabha debates electoral reforms; Rahul Gandhi presses on rolls and CCTV

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.

Attributed to Rahul Gandhi (Congress), with Manish Tewari; government reply by Arjun Ram Meghwal, Law Minister

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Amit Shah: SIR is the Commission's exclusive domain, not Parliament's (2025-12-10)

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Responses: Amit Shah: SIR is the Commission's exclusive domain, not Parliament's

What the record shows: Supreme Court upholds Bihar SIR, traces power to Section 21(3)

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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TIER 3 · PRESSDiscussion Underway in Lok Sabha on Election ReformsAkashvani News (All India Radio)2025-12-09