Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the special revision (SR) of the voters list will help weed out illegals voters from the electoral process in the state.

The Election Commission on Monday ordered 'Special Revision' of the electoral rolls in Assam.

“As NRC has not been notified in Assam due to various legacy issues, the Special Intensive Revision of voters list has been temporarily deferred,” the chief minister said on the sidelines of a programme here.

The Election Commission has, however, ordered a Special Revision of the voter lists, he said.

“This will help us to weed out the illegal (voters) form our electoral process,” Sarma said.

He assured the state government's full cooperation in this regard.

The Special Revision will help ensure clean, updated a

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