It has been over a month since the Indian Express first reported that the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) faced objections from two of three Election Commissioners (ECs). The reporting raised important questions about centralisation in the poll body and most importantly, whether Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has been acting alone in implementing this contentious voter roll revision.Since then, the national capital has seen a slew of protests by the opposition, civil society and youth groups demanding Kumar’s resignation. While protests have been met with a heavy hand, the Election Commission has quietly moved to undo many of the decisions that made the SIR contentious.The Wire’s senior political correspondent Sravasti Dasgupta explains the EC’s many U-turns on SIR.For our full coverage on the SIR and the issues it has brought to citizens, click here.