EC separates Form 6 and SIR declaration with separate OTP and e-Sign verification
- The Election Commission has separated Form 6 and the SIR declaration in its online system.
- Each now needs a separate OTP and e-Sign, where a single OTP had covered both documents before.
- The single OTP had prompted claims the EC altered Form 6 without the law ministry’s approval.
- Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu had called the change to the form unauthorised in October.
Source: siasat.com
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