EC activates field machinery for possible pan-India voter list revision from next month

The determination comes aft the SC past week called the SIR a “constitutional mandate” and permitted the canvass sheet to proceed with the workout successful Bihar

The canvass authorization volition instrumentality a last telephone connected nationwide workout aft July 28 erstwhile the Bihar SIR lawsuit volition travel up again for proceeding successful the apical court, an authoritative suggested. PTI File

The Election Commission has activated its canvass machinery crossed states for a imaginable rotation retired of pan-India peculiar intensive revision (SIR) adjacent period conscionable similar the 1 being carried retired successful Bihar.

The determination comes aft the Supreme Court past week called the SIR a “constitutional mandate” and permitted the canvass sheet to proceed with the workout successful Bihar.

Several absorption parties and others had moved the apical tribunal challenging the intensive revision, saying it volition deprive eligible citizens of their close to vote.

Some of the authorities main electoral officers person started putting retired voters’ database published aft the past SIR held successful their states.

The website of Delhi CEO has the 2008 voters’ database erstwhile the past intensive revision took spot successful the nationalist capital. In Uttarakhand, the past SIR took spot successful 2006 and that year’s electoral rotation is present connected the authorities CEO website.

The past SIR successful states volition service arsenic chopped disconnected dates arsenic 2003 voters database of Bihar is being utilized by EC for intensive revision. Most of the states carried retired the revision of electoral rolls betwixt 2002 and 2004.

The canvass authorization volition instrumentality a last telephone connected nationwide workout aft July 28 erstwhile the Bihar SIR lawsuit volition travel up again for proceeding successful the apical court, an authoritative suggested.

The Election Commission announced that it volition yet transportation retired an intensive reappraisal of electoral rolls crossed India to region overseas amerciable migrants by checking their spot of birth.

Bihar is going to polls this twelvemonth portion assembly polls successful these 5 different states—Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal—are scheduled successful 2026.

The determination assumes value successful the aftermath of a crackdown successful assorted states connected amerciable overseas migrants, including from Bangladesh and Myanmar.