By Admin 
The Election Commission has announced the second phase of Special Summary Revision (SIR) on Monday (27 October). Now Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has given a statement regarding SIR. He has said that the Election Commission should not be hasty in doing the SIR of the voter list across the country, but should wait for the Bihar Assembly elections to be over. He said that SIR will put the image of the Election Commission at stake.
Talking to journalists after the House proceedings were adjourned for the day, CM Abdullah said that there are already apprehensions regarding SIR in Bihar. It is not yet clear whether people doing this practice will get any benefit from it or not. He said, “Let the elections be completed in Bihar, then we will see if there is any benefit from it. Then we can talk about implementing it in the rest of the country.”
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah advised the Election Commission, “Do not rush into the nationwide SIR, otherwise it will appear as if the ECI has lost its independence and is working under the pressure of a particular political party. We have seen this before as well.”
‘SIR will put the image of the Election Commission at stake’
Accusing the ECI of being biased on delimitation and other issues after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, Omar Abdullah said that the SIR will also put the image of the ECI at stake.
‘Delimitation done for one party’
The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir said, “The delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir was not done for the benefit of the people but for the benefit of one political party. The way new seats were distributed and new seats were created, it directly benefited only one political party. The Election Commission should not make such a mistake.”