A public hearing held on Thursday by an independent commission exposed widespread grievances regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Witnesses from Delhi, West Bengal, Telangana, and Bihar took an oath on the Constitution to testify before a panel presided over by former judges—Justices A. K. Patnaik, Rekha Sharma, and Anjana Prakash, detailing how their names were struck from voter lists despite submitting valid documentation.
Among those affected was Maya Devi (58), a domestic worker from Mayur Vihar Phase-I, whose shanty was recently demolished. Forced to live in a cramped kitchen-cum-room near Mayur Vihar metro station's Pillar 1, she discovered her name and those of her two daughters were missing from the voter list, even though her husband and son remained enrolled. Having resided in Delhi since age 13 and voted consistently—including in the 2025 assembly polls—she recounted her unsuccessful attempts to get help: “I called up the BLO to help me fill out the form so that I could re-enter the list. But he never came to me,” she lamented, adding, “Pehle vote gaya, phir jhuggi gayi.”
