There is a lot of politics going on regarding SIR before the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party chief has demanded extension of the deadline for SIR. Even though SP is trying to corner BJP on the issue of SIR, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has started his preparations on the ground also.

Akhilesh Yadav has removed his PDA guards in the process of SIR, who is working to get the votes of his supporters included in the list in every assembly and booth of the state. SP does not want that it should be played with in UP like Bihar. They know that if other issues are left out while trying to tackle the issue of vote theft, then SP may suffer a big loss in 2027.

Strategy made by taking lessons from Bihar

Samajwadi Party is now taking every step with utmost care. In such a situation, Akhilesh Yadav has made a strategy that he will keep the issue of vote theft alive but not with such force that in 2027 also the same thing happens in Bihar. Like Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav raised this issue.

When SIR was going on in Bihar, Congress was busy holding press conferences and presentations regarding vote theft. The result was that the SIR process was completed, a new voter list was created and more votes were cast than before. NDA had a landslide victory in Bihar and the issue of vote theft backfired on the opposition.

Work started on ground through PDA Prahari

Akhilesh Yadav has now taken the middle line and deployed PDA sentries to monitor the SIR. SP’s position is also strong in UP. The party has its own organization on 403 seats and there is no silence on the names of the workers. In a way, these PDA guards are working with the BLOs, who are party workers and are helping the BLOs.

It is the responsibility of these PDA guards to ensure that the names of traditional voters of the party are not left out in the voter list and false votes of anyone else are not added. Akhilesh Yadav had made this plan a month ago after sensing the state of Bihar. The job of these PDA guards is to protect every vote.

SP’s PDA sentinels are active in every block of the state and are constantly monitoring the process of Form-6 and Form-7. Through these, SP has also started preparations for 2027. SP’s PDA sentinels are working on the ground to protect their votes in the name of SIR.

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MK Stalin on SIR: Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Special Intensive Revision process.

The move comes after the Election Commission of India (ECI) last week issued orders for the next phase of SIR of voter lists in 12 states and union territories, which will cover a total of 51 crore voters.

Nomination work will start from November 4

The nomination process for this phase will begin from November 4 and the final voter list will be published on February 7, 2026, with January 1, 2026, as the base date. Assembly elections are to be held in the five states/union territories next year in April-May 2026. West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are included in the list of 12 states where the SIR process will run in the next three months. However, Assam, which is one of the election states, is not included in this list.

CM M.K. Stalin accused ECI of conspiracy

On Monday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin accused the Election Commission (ECI) of a conspiracy and said the SIR was a malicious attempt aimed at removing opposition voters.

Stalin said, “To stop this undemocratic step, we called an all-party meeting and passed a resolution condemning the SIR. The complete revision of the voter list by the Election Commission a few months before the elections is a deliberate strategy to remove legitimate voters.”

Big allegation made giving example of Bihar

CM Stalin alleged that a similar process was adopted in Bihar also, where lakhs of genuine voters were removed from the list. He said that the first opposition to this controversial process started from Tamil Nadu, after which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and opposition leaders of Bihar also opposed it. Stalin said, “Even after the legal case was registered, the Election Commission did not give any satisfactory answer”.

AIADMK and BJP also targeted

Stalin met AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. He also made a scathing attack on Palaniswami and said that he was playing a double game and was afraid of the Election Commission because of his links with BJP. He further said that migrant laborers from Bihar have got respect and employment in Tamil Nadu, but the Prime Minister is “doing political drama for electoral gains in Bihar.”