Overview

• Unlike Bihar’s June launch, the Election Commission has signaled state CEOs will meet political parties before a national Special Intensive Revision, with Bihar’s final roll due September 30 after roughly 65 lakh deletions.
• The Supreme Court will hear final arguments on October 7 after earlier directing the EC to accept Aadhaar as valid identity proof, while the Commission defends its authority to verify voter eligibility under Article 326.
• Kerala and Karnataka election officials have formally sought postponement of the SIR because of overlapping local-body polls, with Kerala’s CEO saying the EC has not yet responded.
• States are moving into operational mode: Uttar Pradesh’s CEO says preparations are complete with instructions for district-level party consultations, Arunachal has reviewed mapping to earlier rolls and party participation, and Indore district has tightened supervision of BLO work.
• Political mobilisation and public criticism are intensifying, with the Samajwadi Party building booth monitoring structures, activist Yogendra Yadav denouncing the SIR as a manipulative reset, and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay urging five-yearly nationwide revisions.