The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the timeline for a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Monday evening.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will address the press conference, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, scheduled for 4.15 pm.

The SIR of electoral rolls is likely to be done in phases, with the first one targeting election-bound States and a few more.

Indications are that the Election Commission will conduct the first phase of SIR in five poll-bound States and Union Territories — Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal — and a few more States and Union Territories where preparatory work is over. Around 10-15 States are expected to be covered in this phase.

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