{"id":7309,"date":"2026-07-12T01:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309"},"modified":"2026-07-12T03:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T21:39:16","slug":"3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309","title":{"rendered":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>UN rapporteurs raised concerns about India’s voter list revision process and alleged exclusion of minorities. Election Commission officials strongly refuted these allegations, calling them unfounded and unwarranted. The poll panel asserted that the special intensive revision process was transparent and constitutionally sound. They stated ample opportunities were given to electors to challenge any exclusions. The Supreme Court has upheld both the intent and process of this revision exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UN rapporteurs raised concerns about India’s voter list revision process and alleged exclusion of minorities. Election … 3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"\n3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UN rapporteurs raised concerns about India’s voter list revision process and alleged exclusion of minorities. Election … 3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baselessRead more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-11T20:16:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-11T21:39:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf\"},\"headline\":\"3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T20:16:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-11T21:39:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309\"},\"wordCount\":82,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309\",\"name\":\"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T20:16:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-11T21:39:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?p=7309#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"newskick.in\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40\",\"name\":\"News Kick\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\",\"width\":1196,\"height\":341,\"caption\":\"News Kick\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newskick.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless -","og_description":"UN rapporteurs raised concerns about India’s voter list revision process and alleged exclusion of minorities. Election … 3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baselessRead more","og_url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309","article_published_time":"2026-07-11T20:16:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-11T21:39:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf"},"headline":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless","datePublished":"2026-07-11T20:16:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-11T21:39:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309"},"wordCount":82,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png","articleSection":["Latest"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309","name":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png","datePublished":"2026-07-11T20:16:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-11T21:39:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-un-special-rapporteurs-flag-opaque-sir-process-election-commission-dismisses-concerns-as-baseless.png","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag 'opaque' SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?p=7309#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3 UN special rapporteurs flag ‘opaque’ SIR process; Election Commission dismisses concerns as baseless"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/","name":"newskick.in","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/584d3660489d37102ca7c465f6f08d40","name":"News Kick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg","width":1196,"height":341,"caption":"News Kick"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-image-2.jpg.jpeg"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/newskick.in"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/#\/schema\/person\/ee3b489d17a93934b778864921eb43bf","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d1eb9c1d0e662f1c5592ca2aa44efffc710dcdda9eada2d2de7aaf8868e21bdd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/newskick.in"],"url":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7311,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309\/revisions\/7311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newskick.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}