Overview
- The enumeration phase, which began May 30, is under way in Odisha, Manipur and Sikkim with more than 45,000 BLOs in Odisha and thousands more deployed across the other states to hand out and collect partially pre-filled enumeration forms.
- The Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have defended the Special Intensive Revision after the Supreme Court upheld its legality, and officials stress that no name will be deleted without a formal hearing and appeals process.
- Political parties have mobilised large Booth Level Agent networks to monitor the drive and assist voters, with major parties training BLAs and directing cadres to ensure supporters are not omitted.
- State officials and regional parties have flagged concrete risks for migrants, women, Dalits, Adivasis and residents of disputed border villages because the exercise relies on two-decade-old base rolls and records of possible dual enrolment are incomplete.
- The SIR timetable calls for draft rolls in early July followed by a claims and objections window and final publication on September 6, and observers say the coming weeks of verification, notices and appeals will determine whether procedural safeguards prevent wrongful exclusions.