Meghalaya Cabinet Minister Sanbor Shullai defended the state’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the exercise is essential to keep ineligible persons, including illegal immigrants, from obtaining voting rights.
Shullai accused the Congress and its INDIA Bloc partners of spreading misinformation about the Election Commission of India and of attempting to create confusion over the revision. He cited a Joint Press Note issued after the full Commission meeting that countered these allegations.
The SIR in Meghalaya has involved house‑to‑house verification of 23,49,645 electors. A draft roll was published in August, and the process is now in the notice and hearing phase, with the final roll expected in October.
Shullai dismissed claims of internal disagreement among the three Election Commissioners and said the revision is a necessary step to prevent illegal immigrants from voting. He warned voters against what he called malicious propaganda and urged them to view the exercise as a safeguard of electoral integrity.
