The Special Intensive Review (SIR) of electoral rolls, a technical exercise by Election Commission officials, is set to take on a door-to-door dimension in Hyderabad, with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) planning to deploy its vast network of party bases to help voters navigate the process.
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi, who represents Hyderabad in the Lok Sabha, criticized the SIR exercise in several public meetings and media interactions, even as he maintained that the Election Commission of India had no power to decide on citizenship. However, he pointed out that efforts will be made to ensure that no legitimate voter is excluded.
Party officials said AIMIM will mobilize its primary unit presidents to go door-to-door to educate voters of various categories and help them understand the procedures involved in revising the electoral roll.
The exercise, they said, would begin with party workers making contact with the “senior member of each household”, who would then help identify all eligible voters associated with the family. “In many households, children and grandchildren may have moved to different parts of the city, state, country or even outside India for work. The leadership believes that interviewing the eldest member of the family would facilitate tracing the family tree wherever they are and accurately mapping the electorate,” said a party functionary.
Through this process, the party hopes to count all adult household members on electoral rolls, either by mapping families on the electoral roll or by submitting supporting documents.
On the topic of requiring documents if necessary for mapping, party workers said a checklist of documents required for such cases is ready. Workers would also guide residents to the documentation needed for the process and direct them to MeeSeva centers where the necessary paperwork could be applied for and later completed.
“For example, we have a network of primary units in Hyderabad and Secunderabad constituencies. Each assembly segment has around 200 to 250 primary units, so the total number of units in the city is roughly 3,000,” said a senior functionary.
They added that the same approach of tracing family networks to help map voters would also be replicated in Maharashtra and Bihar and wherever the party has representation. Primary units in Hyderabad, they added, will remain in touch with residents until the special intensive revision process is completed and eligible voters are able to verify or update their entries in the electoral rolls.
Published – 14 March 2026 20:02 IST
