Overview
- The Election Commission appointed five joint secretary–rank Special Roll Observers to oversee West Bengal’s second-stage revision across the Presidency, Midnapore, Burdwan, Malda and Jalpaiguri divisions.
- A new feature on the Booth Level Officer app in West Bengal now flags potential duplicate electors, following near-complete digitisation and the identification of about 56.38 lakh dead, shifted, untraceable or duplicate entries.
- The Supreme Court resumed hearings on challenges to the Special Intensive Revision and reaffirmed that states must replace distressed BLOs or provide additional staff to prevent delays in the process.
- The Supreme Court sought the Election Commission’s response to a petition opposing Assam’s limited special revision instead of an intensive revision, listing the matter for December 16.
- Political and administrative scrutiny widened as the Lok Sabha took up election reforms including SIR for debate, and the Commission deployed senior observers in Uttar Pradesh to reinforce monitoring.