Resolution on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls Passed in the Joint meeting of the General Body and National Executive held on 27 September-2025 at New Delhi

Whereas

1. The Election Commission of India has initiated a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as part of a nationwide exercise, and this process has become politically contentious in several states.
2. Credible reporting and on-the-ground investigations following the SIR exercise in Bihar document arbitrary deletions, inconsistent procedures by Booth Level Officers (BLOs), and the removal or marking of numerous genuine electors — disproportionately affecting migrant workers, displaced persons, and the poor and illiterate.
3. The Electoral roll revision and rumours around it have generated widespread fear and panic among residents of West Bengal — particularly among migrant and border communities who are scrambling for identity documents and fear disenfranchisement.
4. Independent analyse warn that the ongoing SIR/roll-cleanup risks marginalising internal migrants, seasonal labourers, displaced families, and economically vulnerable/illiterate citizens by de-facto denying them the right to vote unless immediate safeguards are put in place.
5. The right to vote is a fundamental democratic guarantee under Article 326 of the Constitution of India and any administrative action that results in exclusion of eligible electors must be remedied immediately to protect electoral integrity and citizens’ constitutional rights.

Therefore, this Meeting of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) resolves as follows:

1. AIMMM condemns any administrative or procedural practice within the SIR that results in arbitrary deletion or disenfranchisement of eligible voters — particularly migrant labourers, displaced people, the poor and illiterate — and calls for an immediate moratorium on all final deletions arising from the contested SIR phases until independent safeguards are in place.
2. AIMMM demands that the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of states, and District Electoral Officers (DEOs) must:
   • Publish the detailed methodology, guidelines, and checklist used for SIR deletions (including training material given to BLOs and EROs).
   • Ensure that no name is removed without prior written notice to the elector and a clear, time-bounded Claims & Objections mechanism that is accessible at worksites, transit hubs, relief camps, and in vernacular languages.
   • Immediately restore names removed without clear procedure and provide interim voter slips or other documents to allow affected persons to vote while disputes are pending.
3. AIMMM calls on the Central and State Governments to direct election machinery to adopt migrant-friendly enumeration measures:
   • Deploy mobile registration/enumeration teams at factories, construction sites, large markets, railway stations and bus depots, and in migrant neighbourhoods.
   • Allow online/self-service enumeration aided by simple local-language forms and assisted helpdesks for illiterate citizens.
   • Permit use of multiple forms of verification (BPL cards, work IDs, employer attestations, ration card entries, school records, hospital records, etc.) where conventional documents are unavailable.
4. AIMMM urges the ECI to issue clear public communications in local languages reassuring citizens that eligible voters will not be disenfranchised, and to run an awareness campaign explaining how migrants and seasonal workers can preserve or reassert their enrolment.
5. AIMMM resolves to coordinate with civil society, legal aid groups and human rights organisations to:
   • Create a pan-India SIR Response Cell (AIMMM SIR Cell) to record complaints, provide legal assistance, compile evidence of arbitrary deletions, and fast-track representation before EROs/DEOs/ECI.
   • Publish a simple public toolkit (in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali and other local languages) explaining immediate steps for affected persons to reclaim enrolment.
6. AIMMM authorises its national office to file or support Public Interest Litigation (PIL) or legal petitions where systemic arbitrary deletions are documented, seeking provisional relief (stay on deletions) and judicial directions to protect enfranchisement.
7. AIMMM calls on all political parties and democratic institutions to refrain from rhetoric that criminalises or labels migrant citizens and to ensure that the roll revision process is free from partisan targeting or communal profiling.
8. AIMMM makes an urgent appeal to media outlets to report responsibly, to highlight cases of exclusion, and to help disseminate information about remedies and claim-submission windows.

Resolved — Political action & solidarity:

9. AIMMM will organise (a) information/assistance centres in major migration hubs; (b) a hotline and WhatsApp helpline for registration complaints; and (c) coordinated peaceful demonstrations and memorandum submissions to EC/CEOs in states where mass deletions or panic are reported.
10. AIMMM directs its legal and policy teams to prepare a consolidated dossier on SIR impacts (with documented individual cases, BLO internal forms, and statistical patterns) within 30 days of this resolution, for submission to the Election Commission, the National Human Rights Commission, and, if required, to the Supreme Court.

Conclusion

This Meeting asserts that democracy is measured by the breadth of participation — not by administrative purging of voters — and AIMMM pledges to defend the constitutional right to franchise for every eligible citizen, with special focus on migrants, displaced persons, poor and illiterate communities who are at heightened risk during SIR exercises.

Proposed by: Mr. Ahmed Jawed, General Secretary (Media), AIMMM