Scrap SIR, restore voters list: Prakash Raj

Veteran actor and political activist Prakash Raj has demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls be scrapped and the voters list be restored to its previous form across the country, by undoing the 13 crore deletions.

In view of serious lapses in SIR process recently unearthed, Mr. Prakash Raj also demanded that the constitution of the Election Commission amended by way of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, too should be reverted and the judicial immunity granted to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) be undone.

Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 3, 2026), he spoke about an investigation carried by him in 100 booths across 23 districts of Karnataka, which revealed a large number of voters who were arbitrarily deleted from the rolls.

“Should people decide who is to be in power or will you decide who can vote?” he questioned the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo whom he repeatedly referred to as Ranga-Billa.

Actor and social activist Prakash Raj speaking at a media interaction on Special Intensive Revision (SIR), at the Press Club, Khairatabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 3, 2026)
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Poor people, Adivasi and woman were at the receiving end in the ongoing SIR, Mr. Prakash Raj pointed out and wondered if the centre is trying to implement Manusmriti .

The thespian who entered public life after assassination of his close associate and journalist Gauri Lankesh, demanded that the Supreme Court obtain all files from the Election Commission since 2023 immediately and examine each of them.

Actor and social activist Prakash Raj speaking at a media interaction on Special Intensive Revision (SIR), at the Press Club, Khairatabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 3, 2026)
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