Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has raised serious concerns over large-scale exclusion of voters from the draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Odisha, published on Sunday, alleging that the process contains multiple discrepancies and is aimed at curtailing the fundamental rights of voters.Addressing a press conference at Sankha Bhawan, Senior Vice-President and former Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said that the Office of the Ch…
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Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced the publication of the draft electoral roll for Odisha, with over 20 lakh electors omitted from the voters’ list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted through door-to-door verification between May 30 and June 28.Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, R.S. Gopalan said, “As part of the ongoing SIR exercise, today the draft electoral roll h…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The opposition parties on Sunday said that they are planning to raise issues of NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and the alleged irregularities in the donations made at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple, among other topics, during the upcoming Monsoon session of the Parliament, scheduled to be held from July 20 to August 13.Talking to IANS, Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat said: “Firstly, I don’t think the session will last more than 18-19 days. There should be meaningful discussions, and it should…
Imphal, July 5 (IANS) Women voters have once again outnumbered their male counterparts in Manipur’s draft electoral rolls, which were published on Sunday following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).After the publication of the draft electoral rolls, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Arun Kumar Sinha said that with July 1, 2026, as the qualifying date, Manipur has a total of 19,34,399 registered voters, comprising 9,93,660 women, 9,40,446 men and 293 third-gender electors.The gen…
Aizawl, July 4 (IANS) Mizoram has become the first among the 16 states and two Union Territories currently undertaking the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to achieve 100 per cent digitisation of the enumeration process, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Garima Gupta, said here on Saturday.The draft electoral rolls under the ongoing SIR-2026 were published in all 11 districts of the state on Saturday. Following the publication of the draft rolls, the Chief Electoral O…
Gadag, July 4 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday alleged that large-scale irregularities were taking place in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls due to the state government’s interference and demanded the immediate suspension of officials allegedly involved in the process. Addressing reporters in Gadag, Bommai claimed that tahsildars, village accountants, teachers and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were directly participating in t…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Opposition on Friday called the judiciary a “ray of hope” after as many as 23 leaders of major opposition parties jointly wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and other judges, demanding the immediate suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The INDIA bloc and other opposition leaders alleged manipulation of the country’s electoral process in the letter to the CJI and said that they chose this unusual path because the…
Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed 10 senior IAS officers in Odisha as Electoral Roll Observers to ensure the smooth conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the state.Meanwhile, the qualifying date for the revision has been fixed as July 1.According to a notification issued by Additional Chief Electoral Officer-cum-Special Secretary Sushanta Kumar Mishra, the observers have been assigned responsibility for different di…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that the Congress government was facilitating the inclusion of “Bangla” (Bangladeshi) residents in state’s electoral rolls through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, and demanded criminal action against officials allegedly violating Election Commission guidelines. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, BJP leader R. Ashoka claimed that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were distributing Enumerati…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, on Friday said that more than 2.01 crore Enumeration Forms (EFs) have been distributed to voters under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, while directing Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to strictly adhere to door-to-door distribution as mandated by the Election Commission of India (ECI).As of July 3, a total of 2,01,24,411 Enumeration Forms, accounting for 36.30 per cent of the elec…