SIR looks like a scam: Actor

Bengaluru

Multilingual actor Kishore called out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process on Thursday and said that it was supposed to be a simple adminis trative process, but now looked like a scam. Speaking at a cultural programme organized by the Citizens’ Voter Vigilance Committee as a protest against the SIR, Kishore minced no words while critiquing the Election Commission of India. “Everyone knows what is happening with SIR. We need to question it and keep questioning it, even if they are not giving an swers. SIR sounds like a scam,” He said.

Calling the selection process for the ECI akin to corruption, Kishore said that a law was brought in and the CJI was excluded from the committee to select the Chief Election Commissioner. He opined that from there, electoral corruption started and that this was a big betrayal of the Constitution of the country. He also highlighted the opaque nature of the exercise, asking, “Why is the struggle inevitable today? Who is doing SIR? What is being done with it? Why is it being done to maintain the power of a party?” The programme then continued as planned.

The performers lined up at the programme were also explicitly political, with songs on democracy, social issues and corruption being sung. The coalition had also prepared a video that depicted the SIR as a villain while a song played with the lyrics being that the injustices of the SIR will not be allowed to take place in Karnataka. A group of tamte players called Aruve Artistic Collective gave a rousing performance with dancing along with the drum. The anti-caste group is based in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu who play along with their kids for protests and other campaigns.