"ECI is running on WhatsApp": Mamata Banerjee targets ECI over SIR drive in Bengal

Jan 05, 2026

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in the state,...

"People feel there is conspiracy": Rajeev Shukla opposes SIR drive in Bihar

Jul 26, 2025

"It has been five days since we have been protesting against this (SIR) in Parliament. The Election Commission should pay attention to this: the...

BRS seeks one-month extension for SIR drive, flags voter deletion concerns

Jul 06, 2026

"Today, we submitted a representation on behalf of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti, bringing to the notice of the Election Commission the various problems being...

SC seeks ECI's response to plea seeking protection to BLOs in WB amid violent threats in SIR drive

Dec 09, 2025

A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi acknowledged that BLOs are working under 'strain and stress' at the ground level due...

SIR drive in 12 states/UTs: Nearly 99% enumeration forms distributed, 26.77% digitised

Nov 21, 2025

Of the nearly 50.97 crore electors as of October 27, the number of enumeration forms distributed for the second phase of the SIR drive...

Karnataka Congress launches statewide awareness drive to counter "voter disenfranchisement" amid SIR exercise

Jun 25, 2026

"Our idea is that no genuine citizen of this country should lose their franchise. The BJP is attempting to disenfranchise the majority of poor...