Overview
- The full Election Commission met on September 26 and issued a single press note saying all SIR decisions were taken unanimously while pledging procedural fixes and greater internal transparency.
- The commission extended SIR deadlines in Delhi to October 30 and in Maharashtra to October 12, removed routine in‑person ERO hearings for many notice recipients, and directed Booth Level Officers to collect documents at voters’ homes.
- The EC announced an independent technical review of its ECINet portal, creating a committee led by a senior deputy election commissioner with an independent IIT/IIIT expert to check role‑based access and software functioning.
- Political pressure has continued: at least 21 Opposition parties will meet on September 30 to coordinate demands including the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while Congress and state units accuse the EC of mass deletions, a claim the commission disputes.
- SIR-era Form 6 in states with active SIR still requires applicants to map themselves to prior rolls, non-SIR areas will use the old Form 6, and states such as Telangana reported large youth enrolment with 4.40 lakh new Form‑6 applications, which affects how first-time voters must prove linkage to earlier rolls.