Guwahati, October 28: In an announcement that stirred curiosity across Assam’s political and civic circles, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Monday, left the state out of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The omission raised eyebrows, particularly since Assam is among the states scheduled for Assembly elections next year.

However, the Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified that the state’s exclusion stemmed from its unique legal and procedural circumstances tied to the citizenship framework and the ongoing Supreme Court-monitored National Register of Citizens (NRC) process.

“Assam has a separate provision under India’s Citizenship Act. Secondly, the Supreme Court-monitored citizenship identification process is about to

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