Special one-day SIR camp at all polling booths in Punjab on July 19
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
The 1998-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is replacing Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who was earlier appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary.
According to officials, Punjab currently has around 2.14 crore registered voters, and the revision exercise aims to update the electoral database ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections in the state.
The year opened on a shocking note with the accidental discovery of unaccounted cash by firefighters responding to a blaze at the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.
As per the draft electoral rolls, Assam now has 2,51,09,754 voters, excluding D-voters.
Hearings on claims and objections to West Bengal’s draft voters’ list begin as part of the Special Intensive Revision ahead of next year’s Assembly elections.
The announcement to this effect marks the beginning of the Special Summary Revision (SIR) process, a vital effort to ensure the national voter database is accurate, inclusive, and ready for upcoming democratic exercises.
West Bengal CM accused the BJP of misusing the Election Commission to interfere in the state’s affairs and disrespect its people.
