Overview

• The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission to provide constituency-wise reasons for deleting roughly 65 lakh names by August 9 ahead of hearings on August 12 and 13.
• Bihar’s draft rolls list 7.24 crore voters and flag 22.34 lakh as deceased, 36.28 lakh as permanently shifted and 7.01 lakh as enrolled in multiple locations.
• The ECI rejected claims of adding 6.5 lakh Bihar migrants to Tamil Nadu rolls, stating the Special Intensive Revision has not begun there.
• INDIA bloc MPs disrupted Parliament to demand a rollback of the revision exercise and a full debate on potential disenfranchisement of marginalized groups.
• The poll panel suspended four West Bengal election officials for alleged roll irregularities and is preparing to pilot the intensive revision model in other states.