The Election Commission orders a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim and three other regions, with draft rolls due November 30 and final rolls on January 21.
The Supreme Court has questioned why deleted Delhi voters must file Form 6 for first-time voters, suggesting Form 8 for address changes instead.
Opposition leaders marched to the Supreme Court over the Election Commission’s voter-list revision as Delhi stayed under heavy security amid continuing protests.
The Supreme Court has directed that Delhi Metro services and internet access function normally and barred illegal detention of peaceful protesters.
Central Delhi has been sealed with thousands of police deployed, metro stations shut and mobile internet suspended ahead of a youth protest demanding the CEC’s resignation.
The opposition INDIA alliance plans a march from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged SIR irregularities.
Arunachal Pradesh just published its final electoral roll — and almost two lakh names didn’t make the cut. The state election office released the official voter list on Tuesday, September 22, showing a total of 6,96,026 registered electors. That’s a drop of 1,91,479 from the figure that existed before the Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, … Read more
A verification exercise meant to clean up voter rolls turned ugly in Changlang district — and now Arunachal’s most prominent student body is speaking out. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) stepped forward on Friday to set the record straight about what its members were doing at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in … Read more
What started as a peaceful demonstration outside a government office in Arunachal Pradesh turned into something far uglier on Friday. By the time police fired shots into the air and tear gas filled the streets of Bordumsa, at least one student leader was bleeding from a machete wound — and a quiet town in Changlang … Read more
They came to exercise a basic democratic right. Instead, they were turned away — and the office meant to hear them out was left damaged. The Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) has filed a complaint before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), alleging that Chakma voters were deliberately blocked from attending Special Intensive Revision … Read more
