Overview
- The Election Commission asked the retired admiral to attend an identity verification meeting as part of the Special Intensive Revision in Goa.
- He said SIR forms should be revised because they are not eliciting required information, noting a booth-level officer visited three times.
- He reported that he and his wife, aged 82 and 78, were told to appear on two different dates 18 km away.
- He added that both names already appear in the Goa Draft Electoral Roll 2026 and that he will comply with notices without seeking special privileges.
- Goa’s rollout has tagged some as “unmapped” voters and has removed 100,042 names, including large numbers marked deceased or shifted, according to the state’s chief electoral officer.