Overview
- A delegation led by Atishi met Election Commission officials in New Delhi on November 7 to challenge running the Special Intensive Revision alongside Goa’s zilla panchayat elections.
- The SIR is underway with a draft electoral roll due on December 9, while the local polls are scheduled for December 13.
- AAP argues the imminent Model Code of Conduct will absorb parties and officials, leaving little capacity to monitor the revision exercise.
- In a letter, AAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta urged amendments to SIR guidelines to create remedies for voters omitted from the draft and to stagger the two processes.
- Congress leader Girish Chodankar called the timing politically motivated and questioned transparency, and no response from the Election Commission is reported.