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Assam SR aimed at including all eligible, excluding ineligible voters: CEC Kumar| India News

Assam SR aimed at including all eligible, excluding ineligible voters: CEC Kumar| India News

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Guwahati: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday said that the recently concluded special revision (SR) of electoral rolls in Assam was carried out with the intention of ensuring that no eligible voter is left out and no ineligible voter gets included. The CEC was in Guwahati along with other Election Commission (EC) members on a two-day visit to take stock of preparations for the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam (PTI) The CEC was in Guwahati along with other Election Commission (EC) members on a two-day visit to take stock of preparations for the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam, likely to be held in April, and to interact with political parties on the timing of the elections. “The SR process which got over in Assam recently was done with the intention of ensuring that no eligible voter is left out and no ineligible voter gets included (in the electoral rolls),” said Kumar while addressing the press. “Assam is the only state where the process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is almost …

SC seeks ECI reply on plea against limited electoral roll revision in Assam

SC seeks ECI reply on plea against limited electoral roll revision in Assam

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition challenging the poll body’s decision to carry out only a special revision (SR) of the electoral roll in Assam, rather than a more rigorous special intensive revision (SIR), ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. The petition has been filed by former Gauhati High Court Bar Association president Mrinal Kumar Choudhury. (Representative file photo) A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi listed the matter on December 16 after hearing senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, who appeared for the petitioner. Hansaria argued that Assam had been “singled out” despite the state’s long-acknowledged concerns over illegal migration. He submitted that unlike other states where SIR is under way, electors in Assam are not required to produce any documents while filling enumeration forms under the ongoing Special Revision. “Nothing is required in Assam. No document required. I don’t understand why Assam is singled out,” he said, noting that the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Citizenship …