Odisha's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, aimed at ensuring a more accurate, transparent and error-free voter database, has gathered significant momentum, with the statewide exercise successfully entering its fifth day on Wednesday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday inaugurated the second National Conference of Counsels representing the poll body at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), with a strong focus on electoral transparency, procedural safeguards and legal preparedness.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is constructing a ‘leak-proof security grid,’ and wherever physical fencing is difficult, an impenetrable security cordon by deploying technological fencing is being established.
Maharashtra State Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal wrote to Maharashtra State Chief Electoral Officer S Chokalingam requesting that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) not be conducted during the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage due to expected heavy rainfall.
The Court further said, “The consequence of such a determination is correspondingly limited.
A teacher at a government-run high school in Bhubaneswar has been placed under suspension for alleged negligence of his duties during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list.
Addressing media persons in Kolkata, Agarwal said a little over 60 lakh cases had been referred for judicial adjudication, of which the process has so far been completed for around 20 lakh cases.
Politics over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls continued to heat up across North Bengal on Monday, with protests, counter-attacks and competing political narratives unfolding simultaneously across districts.
A delegation of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday submitted a detailed memorandum to the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding key changes in the conduct of the upcoming elections in the state, including holding the polls in fewer phases and setting up polling stations within large high-rise residential complexes.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls conducted in the poll-bound state was intended to help the BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.
