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SIR Third Phase: The Election Commission on Thursday announced that the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls will be conducted in 16 states and 3 Union territories. In its statement, the poll body stated that the schedule of the revision will coincide with the Census exercise. The Election Commission also informed that with completion of the third phase, entire nation will be covered except few states and UTs, including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

While providing details, the poll body informed that over 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers will go house-to-house to around 37 crore voters during the third phase of the SIR. It stated that the revision process will be conducted in Delhi, Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chandigarh.

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Apart from this, the SIR will also be carried out in Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Nagaland, and Tripura. The poll body informed that the final electoral rolls of Delhi will be published on October 7.

The Election Commission further stated that the schedule for SIR in Himachal Pradesh, J-K, and Ladakh will be announced keeping weather conditions in consideration. The SIR has been in the centre of controversy after the opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, RJD, and DMK claimed that the EC was removing the names of the oppressed section of the society.

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These parties claimed that the poll body strategically deleted their voters, benefitting the BJP in the elections. They also questioned the timing of the exercise and the documents required for the verification process.

However, the Election Commission has maintained that the SIR has been conducted to maintain the transparency, adding that it is being conducted as per the law. The Supreme Court refused to intervene into the matter; however, it asked the poll body to provide sufficient time to the voters.


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