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Election Commission directs 22 States and Union Territories to begin preparations for SIR of electoral rolls, exercise to begin from April 2026

OpIndia Staff -
It had directed all CEOs, except in Bihar, where the exercise had already begun in June 2025, to start pre-revision activities.
News Reports

Big boost for UP’s frontline workers: Yogi govt announces honorarium hike and health cover for Anganwadi and ASHA workers

OpIndia Staff -
CM Yogi Adityanath has announced honorarium hikes for UP’s Anganwadi and ASHA workers. Addressing the Legislative Council, he highlighted the state's falling unemployment rate, the shift toward a "faith zone" in law and order, and major investments in the EV and tech sectors.
News Reports

Election Commission suspends 7 West Bengal officials over serious lapses in electoral roll revision, says they cleared names without document verification

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission of India has suspended seven West Bengal officials for serious misconduct during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
News Reports

Assam Election Commission issues final SR 2026 voter list for all 126 Assembly constituencies

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission released Assam’s final 2026 voter list today, recording 2,49,58,139 registered electors across 126 constituencies. Following rigorous verification and a house-to-house drive, the total count saw a reduction of over 2.43 lakh names from the initial draft list.
Law

‘Won’t allow any impediment to the SIR’: Supreme Court’s firm warning to West Bengal govt

OpIndia Staff -
The EC stated that the West Bengal govt is trying to obstruct the SIR drive via "proper planning and concerted action."
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In another headline grabbing stunt, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to appear in Supreme Court against SIR today to argue for her petition

OpIndia Staff -
This comes after Mamata Banerjee recently filed an Article 32 petition challenging the SIR exercise and accusing the Election Commission of political bias and authoritarianism.
News Reports

Mamata Banerjee storms out of meeting with ECI over SIR, poll body says TMC MLAs threatened and used abusive language

Shraddha Pandey -
Mamata Banerjee claimed that the Election Commission officials ‘humiliated’ them and failed to address the concerns of the affected families over the SIR exercise in poll-bound West Bengal. The TMC delegation decided to ‘boycott’ the meeting after the ECI officials allegedly failed to address their grievances.
Specials

West Bengal SIR – Why is it necessary: An OpIndia Research Paper

Dhruv Mishra -
The report examines the electoral rolls crisis unfolding in West Bengal in the backdrop of the Election Commission of India's nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
Editor's picks

‘They ask for papers of Rahim but not of Ram’: TMC MLA Manirul Islam gives communal spin to SIR exercise, instigates mob to vandalise...

OpIndia Staff -
"Objections are being raised for Rahim but not for Ram. The EC cannot divide voters by religion," Manirul Islam said.
News Reports

West Bengal: TMC leader ‘Bullet’ Khan arrested for abetting BLO Hamimul Islam’s suicide, blows apart party’s anti-SIR narrative

OpIndia Staff -
TMC leaders had not only blamed the SIR campaign for the BLO's death, but also organised protests outside the CEO's office in Kolkata.
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