SIR notices to Nobel laureate, former Navy chief system-generated: Officials
New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Election Commission of India's (ECI) notices issued to several public figures, including former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retd), Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, and Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami, under the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are "system-generated" and triggered by data inputs in the enumeration forms, poll panel officials have said.
Notices to prominent personalities have been reported despite the ECI manual on poll rolls directing electoral registration officers to ensure names of lawmakers, those holding public offices, and eminent persons from various fields are included in draft electoral rolls and appropriately flagged to prevent wrongful deletion.
The SIR exercise, un...
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