Pan-India SIR: Given the Bihar experience, what can we expect?

In Focus by The Hindu · Oct 24, 2025 · 34m

The Election Commission is all set for a country-wide roll out of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The first phase of the process would implemented in more than 10 states, including in poll-bound Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal.

This exercise comes in the wake of the controversial SIR in Bihar, which was done hurriedly. As has been widely reported, the final voter list in Bihar is riddled with inaccuracies – including excess deletions, gibberish names, and fake addresses.

Now, with a pan-India SIR on the anvil, questions abound: Why is it necessary?…