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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar connected Monday (October 27, 2025) said abstracted provisions of the Citizenship Act use successful Assam, and a peculiar bid volition beryllium issued for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls successful the State.
Assam did not fig successful the database of 12 states and Union Territories wherever the electoral rotation clean-up workout has been announced from November 4.
Addressing a property league here, Mr. Kumar said a Supreme Court-supervised workout to verify citizenship is astir to beryllium concluded successful Assam, and the authorities has abstracted provisions with respect to citizenship nether the Citizenship Act.
"A peculiar bid volition beryllium issued by the Election Commission to clasp SIR successful Assam," helium said.
Assembly elections are owed successful Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry adjacent year. While SIR has been announced for the different 4 states, Assam has been excluded from it arsenic of now.
"Under the Citizenship Act, determination are abstracted provisions for citizenship successful Assam. Under the supervision of the Supreme Court, the workout of checking citizenship is astir to beryllium completed. The June 24 SIR bid was for the full country. Under specified circumstances, this would not person applied to Assam," Mr. Kumar said.
"So determination volition beryllium abstracted revision orders issued for Assam, and a abstracted SIR day volition beryllium announced," helium said.
Phase 2 of the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) workout volition statesman connected November 4 with the enumeration authorities and proceed till December 4. The ECI volition merchandise the draught electoral rolls connected December 9, and the last electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected February 7.
