Need to wait and see how far Supreme Court rectifies voter deletions: Omar Abdullah

Omar Abdullah speaks in the assembly. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) welcomed the Supreme Court’s remarks questioning voter deletions under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), but said it remains to be seen how far the court will go in rectifying it after taking responses from the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Centre.

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Mr. Abdullah also said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will not be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, as such a pan-India law ought to be debated and passed in Parliament.

"It is good that the Supreme Court is also raising questions now, especially regarding the deletions that took place from the voter lists. The Supreme Court has also sought responses from the ECI and the Government of India. To what extent this will be rectified through the court, we will have to wait and see," Mr. Abdullah told reporters.

Talking about the INDIA bloc MPs’ march to the ECI office, he said, “This process will continue. We had been raising this issue repeatedly, but very few people paid attention. Now the media has also started speaking about it," he said.