Overview
- The Kerala High Court refused to defer the Special Intensive Revision, telling the state to move the Supreme Court as local body polls on December 9 and 11 draw on the same staff the SIR needs through its December 4 enumeration deadline.
- The Election Commission said Phase 2 forms have reached over 91% of electors across 12 States and UTs, with Kerala around 75% and Lakshadweep and Goa near full coverage.
- West Bengal has distributed about 91–93% of forms with roughly 7 million still to go under an extended deadline to November 15, and a central ECI team led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will review progress next week.
- West Bengal’s CEO has received numerous complaints from BJP and Trinamool about alleged fake or duplicate entries and Booth Level Officer irregularities, prompting probes across all 294 Assembly constituencies.
- Political contention persists as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin warns of disenfranchisement and the AIADMK backs the SIR in court, while the large deletions reported in Bihar’s first phase continue to drive scrutiny and related petitions before the Supreme Court.