Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Delhi SIR Notices Flag Jaishankar, Army Chief and Others
The Election Commission is checking voter records in the New Delhi Assembly constituency.
This process is called a Special Intensive Revision, or SIR.
Several well-known people received notices during the check.
S Jaishankar and his wife could not be matched to voter records from a 2002 revision.
Former Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi and his wife received similar notices.
Some members of the Sood family were also placed in this category.
Sheba Britas had a mismatch involving her own name, while her son Anand had a mismatch involving a parent’s name.
A notice means the records need checking and does not by itself mean that someone is ineligible to vote.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his wife, Kyoko S Jaishankar, received SIR notices in Delhi.
The couple were classified as “unmapped with last SIR” in the New Delhi Assembly constituency.
Former Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and his wife, Sunita Dwivedi, received notices under the same category.
Sood, his wife Vanita Sood, and his mother Kamlesh Sood were also served “unmapped” notices.
Sheba Britas faced a “self-name mismatch,” while her son Anand Britas received a “parent-name mismatch” notice.
- Who
- S Jaishankar, his wife Kyoko S Jaishankar, former Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi and his wife, members of the Sood family, and members of CPM MP John Britas’s family.
- What
- They received notices during the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- When
- During the ongoing SIR exercise; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- The New Delhi Assembly constituency, including the Sunder Bagh electoral part.
- Why
- Their voter records were either not linked to the 2002 revision rolls or contained name discrepancies.
- Review process
- Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Constituency
- New Delhi Assembly constituency, also identified as Assembly Constituency 40
- Jaishankar classification
- “Unmapped with last SIR”
- Previous records
- The relevant earlier electoral-roll revision was conducted in 2002
- Dwivedi classification
- Upendra Dwivedi and Sunita Dwivedi received notices under the same “unmapped” category
- Britas family discrepancies
- Sheba Britas was flagged for a “self-name mismatch”; Anand Britas for a “parent-name mismatch”
- Meaning of notice
- The notices are part of record verification and do not by themselves establish voter ineligibility
