Scrap SIR, go back to old voters list: Prakash Raj

Actor and social activist Prakash Raj speaking at a media interaction on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and current political developments, at the Press Club, Khairatabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 3, 2026) | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G.

Veteran actor and political activist Prakash Raj has demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be scrapped and the voters list be restored to its previous form across the country, by undoing the 13 crore deletions.

In view of serious lapses in SIR process recently unearthed, Mr. Prakash Raj also demanded that the constitution of the selection committee for Election Commission as amended by way of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, should be reverted and the judicial immunity granted to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) be scrapped. Criminal cases should be filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and CEC Gyanesh Kumar. He also demanded that the Supreme Court obtain all files from the Election Commission since 2023 immediately and examine each of them.

Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 3, 2026), he spoke about an investigation carried by him in 100 booths across 23 districts of Karnataka, which revealed a large number of voters who were arbitrarily deleted from the rolls, which included a colony displaced by a fire accident, and transgenders who did not have a fixed name or permanent address.