Special Intensive Revision

Latest reporting on Special Intensive Revision (topic): 32 stories, most recently on 18 October 2026. Source-linked and updated as new reports are published.

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1. BJP criticises TVK for taking part in INDIA bloc’s protest against SIR

   BJP questions TVK's INDIA bloc protest over SIR, mocks TVK's CM stance, and challenges Vijay on legitimacy and constitutional issues.

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

2. Alipore court bars Mahua Moitra from posting defamatory content against West Bengal Chief Secretary

   The Krishnanagar MP had used photographs of the Chief Secretary (former CEO), calling him the chief architect of SIR which led to deletions of lakhs of voters

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

3. Loans for SIR hearing, lost wages, but no clarity on voter status for Bengali workers in Bengaluru

   More than 3,500 people, according to the Karnataka Bengali Kalyan Samiti, formed by and for West Bengal-based workers in Bengaluru, are “under adjudication for logical discrepancy”

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

4. BJP demands resignation of Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition and 137 MLAs

   The BJP Kollam East district committee will organize a rally and protest meeting in Punalur on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan, Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, and 137 MLAs for protesting against the SIR of voter lists.

   State Politics · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

5. US lawmakers urge Trump official to discuss police excesses on protesters during India visit

   They expressed concern about a ‘pattern of repression and wrongful detention’ during demonstrations against the CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the SIR.

   Elections · Scroll · Latest · 2026-10-17

6. Delhi SIR: 60% notice cases verified; disposal gains pace amid reduced scrutiny, norms

   The sudden spike in the rate of notice disposal follows the introduction of new options on the ECINET portal and fresh oral directions from Delhi CEO’s office to expedite the process and prevent wrongful deletions

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

7. SIR needed every five years to check influx: Assam CM

   Himanta Biswa Sarma cites the demographic shift in four eastern States to drive home his point

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

8. Hyderabad wedding turns unlikely stage for SIR protest

   A leader of AIMIM turned a wedding performance in Hyderabad into a protest against SIR, voicing concerns over voter deletions and notices issued to people whose details were mapped against 2002 records.

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

9. Delhi Police allows Congress to hold rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1

   On September 30, the INDIA bloc finalised a joint action plan over the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) row, including rallies and ‘save democracy marches’

   Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

10. Congress appoints 208 observers to oversee its nationwide Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao campaign against SIR

    The list includes senior leaders such as Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Avinash Pande, Prithviraj Chavan, Nana Patole, K.S. Suresh, Ashok Tanwar and Ajoy Kumar, among others; the observers will work with State units to oversee the campaign across clusters of districts, strengthen booth-level mobilisation…

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

11. SIR: Solidarity rally taken out in Vijayapura

    They gathered at Dr. Ambedkar Circle and shouted slogans against the BJP-led Union government for ‘trying to repress all pro-people protests by force’.

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

12. Telangana Congress leaders called to Delhi on October 12

    Telangana Congress requests leaders to report to New Delhi for October 12 rally demanding scrapping SIR and CEC resignation.

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

13. West Bengal SIR: Supreme Court mulls having tribunals first hear deleted voters seeking re-inclusion

    The Court suggested lakhs of voters seeking inclusion in the West Bengal electoral roll should be heard first, while appeals for exclusion are taken up last

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

14. Haryana CEO launches three-day drive to clear pending SIR notices

    As part of the drive, 57,339 pending hearing cases were disposed on October 7 and 8, reducing the number of cases awaiting hearings to 2,85,834 of the total notices generated in the State

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-17

15. Telangana SIR: BLOs being forced to accept Form-7s without signature of applicants

    In a fresh instance, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of Goshamahal constituency spoke up against bulk submission of Form-7s and warned the political parties of action if BLOs are pressured into accepting such forms

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

16. Rahul calls SIR ‘treason’ as INDIA unites against ECI; MPs detained

    Rahul leads sit-in at Akashvani Bhawan after protest march to ECI headquarters stopped; LoP says PM Modi “stole votes to hijack the country”; Opposition leaders demand CEC’s removal, scrapping of SIR and restoration of deleted voters in rolls

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

17. By withdrawing objections, BJP admitted to misusing SIR process, says Satish Jarkiholi

    “Across the State, BJP workers are withdrawing the objections that they had filed against the inclusion of eligible voters under the Election Commission (EC) of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

18. Delhi SIR: High Court Allows Voters Whose Names Were Deleted From Electoral Rolls To Apply Through Form 6, Finds Apprehension 'Misplaced'

    The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by two voters whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls after they could not complete the enumeration process during the Special Intensive...

    Elections · LiveLaw · Courts · 2026-10-16

19. Telangana Congress Seva Dal organises satyagraha, seeks CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation

    Telangana Pradesh Congress Seva Dal president Middela Jitender claims that SIR exercise undermined citizens’ voting rights and posed a serious threat to the democratic process

    Elections · The Hindu · National · 2026-10-16

20. Scenes from a CP protest

    The Congress march against SIR has laid bare the uneasy relationship between the opposition’s old guard and a younger generation of activists seeking a political role of their own.

    Elections · Frontline · Politics · 2026-10-15

21. An epistemological break in Indian politics: John Brittas

    The CPI(M) MP on the SIR protests, dissent in India, and why the current movement will be a landmark resistance against the Modi government.

    Elections · Frontline · Politics · 2026-10-15

22. At Dipke-Neha Bora-Sibal press conference: ‘Regime change’, Gyanesh-Modi & ‘silent erasure’ in SIR

    ‘We all want regime change, getting regime change is every citizen’s constitutional right,’ says Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan. Dipke asks Gyanesh ‘so important’ to PM Modi.

    Courts & Constitution · ThePrint · Politics · 2026-10-15

23. All of the eight past SIRs upped the electorate. Why this is the only time voter numbers shrank

    Before the 2025-2026 SIR, intensive revision of electoral rolls, in all or some parts of India, was undertaken in 1952-56, 1958-61, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1993, 1995, and 2002-2004.

    Elections · ThePrint · Politics · 2026-10-15

24. Modi’s bigger challenge: What people away from protest sites are saying about his government

    The protests have blown the lid off a growing number of grievances: SIR, inflation, farm distress, education inequality, rising health costs.

    Elections · Scroll · Latest · 2026-10-15