Following requests from Chief Electoral Officers, the Election Commission has updated the Special Intensive Revision timetable for electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andaman & Nicobar, and Uttar Pradesh. Eligible voters are encouraged to register before the new deadlines. Final rolls will be published in February 2026, with draft lists released mid-December for some States and UTs.
Meanwhile, Basirhat district BJP president Sukalyan Vaidya claimed that Ziad Ali Dafadar repeatedly complained against Mahabur Dafadar to the BLO in 2022 and 2024 and demanded removal of the accused's name from the electoral rolls.
The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court to postpone the ECI’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The State argues that conducting the revision alongside the upcoming December local body elections will cause severe administrative chaos and staff shortages.
National media focused solely on the SIR workload claim, but officials denied any such distress and Congress released audio alleging CPM pressure, revealing how selective reporting shaped a misleading narrative around the Kerala BLO’s suicide.
While an SIR in Bihar and West Bengal gave heartburn to leftists and the extended anti-BJP ecosystem, the same lot is now rattled over the ECI’s decision not to conduct an SIR in Assam.
On 27th October, the Election Commission of India announced Phase 2 of the Special Intensive Revision, a comprehensive drive to update electoral rolls. The...