Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party and former chief minister of Delhi, has received a notice regarding discrepancies identified during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercise in the city. Election officials confirmed this development on Saturday, indicating that the revision process is aimed at ensuring the integrity of the electoral rolls.
Because their details could not be mapped with the last SIR, leading to their names being added among voters categorised under ‘No Mapping’, the office of the electoral registration officer (ERO), New Delhi constituency, said in a statement, kejriwal and his family have been issued notices. At least 3.31 million electors were issued notices, which also included Delhi CM Rekha Gupta. The statement said that the entries pertaining to Kejriwal and his family members “being electors registered in Assembly Constituency 40 (New Delhi), were identified in the list of No- Mapping on the basis of details provided in the Enumeration Form. 3.
However, a clarification issued later said Gupta’s electoral details were verified after she was served the notice. It said that electors would have to submit their reply or the requisite documents concerned after receiving the notice. “It is further submitted that as per instructions of the Commission dated 14.05.2026 contained in para 4 (b) regarding Publication of Draft Roll, “all names of member of judiciary, public representatives, holders of declared offices and personalities from fields of arts, culture, journalism, sports, and public services etc. earlier flagged in the electoral database, have been included in the draft Electoral Rolls, so that necessary documents can also be collected during the period of Claims and Objections,”” the ERO office said. It said the notices were generated for completion of the stipulated document based verification by the designated Booth Level Officer (BLO) and for disposal by the ERO. The officer said the entries of the former CM and his family members will be “validated and parked for inclusion” after due verification of facts and documents.
Earlier reporting noted: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Saturday that the names of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his family have gone missing from Delhi’s voter list, referring to the draft and the notices issued under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission. Former Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Virendra Sachdeva, his wife and brother have also been served notices for a mismatch in their names. Because they did not map themselves to the previous SIR list, an EC official later clarified that they will be added to the final list, to come on November 6, as notices have been issued only.
The ERO said that according to Election Commission of India guidelines, electors appearing in the draft electoral roll can be categorised under: The ERO said that owing to this, notices were being issued to those “who could not be linked with the electoral roll of last revision or to those those having logical discrepancies in their linking with the electoral roll of last revision.
Earlier reporting noted: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal is also among the electors who have been served notice for non-mapping of details with the last SIR. Earlier reporting noted: A similar notice was issued to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta — with the reason being an age discrepancy relative to her parents — though in her case the electoral registration officer of Shalimar Bagh constituency issued a statement that the details had been verified and she’s been added to the final list.
