SIR: Padma Shri awardee Sunitha Krishnan’s enumeration form rejected

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Padma Shri awardee Sunitha Krishnan. File | Photo Credit: S. Ramesh Kurup

City-based social activist and Padma Shri awardee Sunitha Krishnan got a terse message in her mobile inbox on Friday (October 9, 2026).

“Form XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX has been rejected, ECI,” read the short message, without elaborating on any reason for the rejection.

Upon enquiring with the Booth Level Officer concerned, Ms. Krishnan learnt that her enumeration form, submitted as part of the Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls, had been rejected as she had not mapped her entry to her parents’ details in the 2002 SIR.

“I was an adult in 2002. I just didn’t register myself as a voter,” she said, still unable to fully comprehend what might have gone wrong. The form had two sections, one for people who were already voters in 2002, and another requiring the parents’ details of those who were minors that year. Ms. Krishnan did not fill in the parents’ details either, as she had walked out of home at a very young age and had little contact with family since.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 10, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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