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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026) said that the Special Revision (SR) was conducted successful Assam with the sole motive of including each eligible and excluding ineligible voters from the electoral rolls.
Addressing a property league astatine the extremity of the 3-day sojourn to reappraisal canvass preparedness successful Assam, Mr. Kumar said the SR was conducted successful Assam arsenic it is the lone State wherever the NRC is astir complete.
"According to the law, it is mandatory that electoral rolls revisions are held earlier elections, and arsenic such, SIR (Special Intensive Revision) was conducted successful 12 States portion SR was held successful Assam," helium said.
He said that the SR workout was palmy successful Assam, with lone 500 radical from crossed each districts successful the State person submitted appeals for inclusion of their names oregon exclusion of others.
Asked astir the anticipation of holding polls successful the State earlier the Bihu festival from April 13, Kumar said that it is simply a precise important festival of Assam, and each proposals received during the reappraisal meetings from stakeholders volition beryllium considered portion deciding the canvass dates.
The afloat seat of the Commission — the CEC and ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi — were successful Guwahati connected a three-day sojourn to reappraisal canvass preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly elections.
