Overview

• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and S. S. Sandhu, will review preparedness in Patna on October 4–5.
• At a New Delhi briefing, 425 Central Observers were instructed to enforce rules impartially, remain accessible to parties and voters, and visit polling stations.
• The cohort includes 287 IAS, 58 IPS, and 80 officers from IRS, IRAS, ICAS and other services, designated as the Commission’s eyes and ears on the ground.
• The Special Intensive Revision concluded with a final roll published on September 30 listing nearly 7.42 crore electors, drawing opposition criticism that the exercise risks excluding genuine voters, which the EC rejects.
• With the Assembly term ending November 22, election dates are expected to be announced soon, with polls widely anticipated in multiple phases later this month and in November.