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Election Commission Mulls Pan-India SIR, Dates To Be Finalised Soon ; P Chidambaram Takes A Dig At Poll Body
After a day-long meeting of EC’s state chief electoral officers in New Delhi, officials said that with as many as five assembly polls due next year, the all-India SIR could take place in the coming months in 2025.
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The Election Commission will soon decide on the date to roll out special intensive revision on a pan-India basis and the exercise to clean up the voter list across states may take place before the end of the year, officials said .
According to various media reports , After a day-long meeting of EC’s state chief electoral officers in New Delhi, officials said that with as many as five assembly polls due next year, the all-India SIR could take place in the coming months in 2025.
At the meeting, the CEOs suggested documents for the purpose of ensuring that no eligible citizen is left out of the electoral roll and no ineligible person is included in it.
It was reiterated that these documents should promote ease of submission for the eligible citizens.
This assumes significance as the Supreme Court has directed the EC to accept the Aadhaar card as the 12th document, besides 11 others, as proof of identity of the elector.
Meanwhile, Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in post on X took a dig at the Eletion Commission
In a conversation with Rajdeep Sardesai, three former Election Commissioners have severely criticised Mr Gyanesh Kumar, CEC, for his demand that the LoP (LS) either file an affidavit before the ECI or apologise to the nation
All three categorically said that if a citizen or…
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 8, 2025