Several prominent voters, including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and former Union minister Kapil Sibal, have been issued notices for “discrepancies” in the details of their enumeration forms submitted under the ongoing SIR exercise, officials said on Saturday.
The entry for the Delhi chief minister was identified in the list of logical discrepancies based on details provided in the enumeration form. Each Delhi voter was required to submit completed forms during the door-to-door verification exercise from June 30 to August 17. Notices are being issued to over 33.13 lakh voters whose names were published in draft rolls for discrepancies in their enumeration form details. So far, 31.63 lakh voters have received the notices, the CEO office said in a statement.
The entry for the chief minister, however, has been “validated”, and her name will be included in the final electoral roll of Shalimar Bagh constituency, scheduled to be published on November 4, the CEO office said in a statement. Officials said former Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal were also sent notices.
Kejriwal used to live in Ghaziabad before he became the CM. The Delhi CEO office also said that as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, all names of prominent voters, including those from judiciary, public representatives, personalities from fields of arts, culture, journalism, sports and public services, earlier flagged in the electoral database, have been included in the draft electoral rolls, so that necessary documents can also be collected during the claims and objections phase. Following due verification of facts and documents provided by the elector, the entry for CM Rekha Gupta, has been validated and parked for inclusion in the final electoral roll of AC–14 (Shalimar Bagh), scheduled for official publication on Nov 4, 2026,” the ERO office stated in a statement.
Earlier reporting noted: Former Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva, his wife and brother have also been issued notices over “self-name mismatch”, which EC says is a logical discrepancy. The office of electoral registration officer of Shalimar Bagh Saturday said the CM was identified in the list of logical discrepancies and issued notice in accordance with EC SOPs. Earlier reporting noted: Office of the electoral registration officer, New Delhi, said: “In case of Arvind Kejriwal and his family, the submitted enumeration forms were not complete in terms of details which would have enabled linkage of themselves with the electoral roll of last revision of respective states….consequently notices are being issued to the electors…” The poll panel said that such electors (Kejriwal and his family) will have to submit reply/requisite documents to the ERO upon receipt of notices and their disposal will be done by Oct 29.
Earlier reporting noted: Physical field verification was conducted by the designated booth level officer (BLO).
Former Delhi BJP president Sachdeva said he has been issued a notice due to some name-related mismatch and he will get it corrected through proper documents.
Reacting to the notices issued to Kejriwal and his family, AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda said, “What kind of process is it to vanish the votes of three-time Delhi Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal ji and his family from Delhi’s voter list @ECISVEEP? Sibal and his wife Promila have also been issued notices for being “unmapped with last SIR”, officials said.
