At a public hearing held in Okhla yesterday, many people testified that their names had been wrongly deleted from the voter list during the Delhi SIR. - Naeemuddin has lived at the same address for 30 years. However, his and his wife’s names have been deleted from the draft SIR voter list & they have been wrongly classified as ‘permanently shifted’. The only remedy available now is to submit form 6 & make a false declaration that they are first time voters. - Ravi came with his voter id card. When we ran it through the ECI database, he was shown as ‘dead’ and therefore deleted from the voter list. But when we looked at all the names listed at his address, we found his name but with a different EPIC number! He said he was not aware of the other EPIC number in his name. One EPIC should have got deleted under “duplicate” category. How did the BLO classify him as “dead”? - Sameenuddin is one of the nearly 13 lakh voters who were deleted in the pre-SIR phase. He says he voted in the Delhi elections in 2025 but he was not given an enumeration form during the Delhi SIR as his name was deleted from the voter list on the grounds that he had shifted, even though he continues to live at the same address. He did not receive any notice from the ECI when his name was deleted. Now he has to fill Form 6. The public hearing highlighted how people are being wrongly classified as dead or permanently shifted in the Delhi SIR. The onus is being put on them now to fill Form 6 to restore their names, which means declaring you are applying for inclusion of your name on the electoral roll for the first time- which is clearly a false declaration & carries penal consequences. The public hearing was organised by Jan Sarokar, Voter Adhikar Manch, MKSS and NFIW.