Image Courtesy : Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on October 27, 2025.Photo by Partha Sarkar

New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) After a highly successful voter verification process, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive will be undertaken in 12 states/Union Territories (UT)s and the electoral rolls of those respective provinces will be locked tonight, said the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday.

Briefing the media about the impending voter list revision exercise, the CEC congratulated the polling officials as well as electors for a successful SIR in Bihar and explained in detail the procedure and rationale of undertaking the ‘purification drive’, from t

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