Passport Citizenship Row | SIR Rules Were Not Made By MEA Or Home Ministry, Says Harish Salve

India

Former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), clarifying that the rules governing the exercise were not framed by the Ministry of External Affairs or the Home Ministry.According to Salve, the Election Commission of India has independently specified a set of documents that it considers sufficient to establish whether a person is an Indian citizen for the purposes of electoral verification. n18oc_india News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube

Last Updated: June 25, 2026, 19:23 IST