No SIR in Assam? Electoral rolls to be announced separately; EC explains why

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) connected Monday announced that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Assam, wherever assembly polls are owed successful 2026, volition beryllium conducted separately.Addressing a property league successful Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, explained that the revision process for Assam is being kept autarkic owed to its unsocial ineligible provisions nether the Citizenship Act."Under India’s Citizenship Act, determination are abstracted provisions for Assam. Under the supervision of the Supreme Court, the checking of citizenship determination is astir to beryllium completed," Kumar said."The 24th SIR bid was for the full country. Under specified circumstances, this would not person been applicable to Assam.

So, abstracted orders for revision volition beryllium issued for Assam," helium added.

Phase 2 of SIR to screen 12 states and UTsKumar announced that the 2nd signifier of the SIR volition beryllium carried retired successful 12 states and Union Territories, covering astir 51 crore voters. "SIR volition guarantee nary eligible elector is near retired and nary ineligible elector is included successful canvass rolls," helium stated.The enumeration process volition statesman connected November 4, with draught rolls to beryllium published connected December 9, and the last rolls connected February 7.

The 12 regions covered nether this signifier are: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.Among these, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal are scheduled to spell to the polls successful 2026.Further connected questions regarding coordination with the West Bengal government, Kumar dismissed reports of hostility stating, "There is nary confrontation betwixt the Election Commission and the authorities government.

The Commission is doing its duty, and the authorities authorities volition discharge its duties."

Bihar completes archetypal signifier of SIRKumar besides confirmed that the archetypal signifier of the SIR has been successfully completed successful Bihar, with zero appeals recorded. The last voters’ list, containing astir 7.42 crore electors, was published connected September 30.Polling successful Bihar volition instrumentality spot successful 2 phases—on November 6 and November 11—with counting connected November 14.The EC has already held 2 nationalist conferences with Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) to finalise the SIR roadmap, with respective states already uploading updated elector lists connected their websites.