Let Me Explain
LME in Hyderabad as SIR stokes fear
89 lakh voter records in Telangana have been flagged for scrutiny during the Election Commission's pre-SIR exercise. For officials, these are records that need to be checked. But for many voters, SIR has raised a worrying question: What if a spelling mistake, an old address, or mismatched documents affect their right to vote?
In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna and Jahnavi travel through Hyderabad's Old City to understand SIR, why so many records have been flagged, and why ordinary voters are anxious about the process.
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Producer, camera: Megha Mukundan, Script: Pooja Prasanna, Reporting: Jahnavi, edit: Nikhil Sekhar ET & Dharini Prabharan.
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