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{{short description|Process of reorganizing electoral voter rolls in India}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Special Intensive Revision
| native_name = SIR
| seal_width = 150
| picture = The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Shri Gyanesh Kumar addressing a Press Conference by Election Commission of India at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi on October 27, 2025 (1).jpg
| picture_caption = CEC Gyanesh Kumar announcing the nationwide SIR process (October 2025)
| jurisdiction = Government of India
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
| parent_agency = [[Election Commission of India]] [[Government of India]]
| formed = 1952 (first intensive revision)
| website = {{URL|https://eci.gov.in}}
| chief1_name = [[Gyanesh Kumar]]
| chief1_position = Chief Election Commissioner of India
| agency_type = Electoral roll revision programme
| status = Active
}}
'''Special Intensive Revision''' or the '''SIR''' is an exercise undertaken by the [[Election Commission of India]] to verify and revise electoral rolls through house to house enumeration, pre-filled forms, and verification of old voter data.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-11-28 |title=Special Intensive Revision (SIR): Why is it important? Why ECI is doing it now and what you need to do |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/special-intensive-revision-sir-why-it-matters-and-what-to-do-10390743/ |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

The SIR aims to ensure that electoral rolls across India are accurate, by eliminating the names of deceased, permanently shifted, duplicate & non-citizen voters, while ensuring that eligible citizens are not left out.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-07 |title=Election Commission may roll out pan-India special electoral roll revision this month |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-commission-may-roll-out-pan-india-special-electoral-roll-revision-this-month/articleshow/123742991.cms |access-date=2026-04-23 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The nationwide SIR process was announced on 27 October 2025 by the [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]] [[Gyanesh Kumar]] from [[Vigyan Bhawan]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Oct/26/eci-set-to-announce-schedule-for-nationwide-sir|title=EC to announce nationwide SIR schedule on Monday; first phase to cover Bengal, Kerala, TN|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=26 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pan-india-sir-election-commission-presser-today-10-15-states-to-be-covered-in-first-phase/articleshow/124836983.cms|title=Pan-India SIR: ECI to announce first phase dates on Monday; 10-15 states to be covered|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SIR: India's voter roll revision is worrying migrant workers |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jrzgn0nj9o |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=24 November 2025 |date=24 November 2025}}</ref>

== History ==
Article 324 of [[Constitution of India]] and Section 21 (3) of Representation of the People Act, 1950, ECI has the power to revise the electoral rolls across the country in any state without prior permission from any authority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ec-asserts-authority-over-sir-timing-tells-sc-it-has-complete-discretion-on-electoral-roll-revisions-10247799/#:~:text=It%20further%20said%20that%20Section,apparent%20that%20the%20obligation%20to|work=[[The Indian Express|The Express]]|date=14 September 2025|access-date=29 September 2025|title=EC asserts authority over SIR timing, tells SC it has 'complete discretion' on electoral roll revisions}}</ref> ECI has conducted routine summary & intensive revisions, which were done annually until 1966, and then before each general election & bye-election following an amendment, as a measure to save resources. Intensive revisions were usually multi-year exercises covering most of India, these involved creation of a new electoral roll without reference to a past electoral roll based on house to house visits by enumerators. Meanwhile, summary revisions involved updating the electoral roll without any house to house enumeration.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/kl-df-88hz-ls |title=Manual on Electoral Rolls |date=March 2023 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |year= |pages=2-6, 48-50}}</ref>

However, starting in 2002, ECI decided to conduct a "special revision of intensive nature" where unlike a regular intensive revision, enumerators in addition to details of existing voters also had the ability to correct their details & add any new eligible voters, with this process continuing till 2004.<ref name=":2" />

=== Electoral roll revision in 2025 ===
In 2025, the ECI planned a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]], [[2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]], [[2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]], [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]] and [[2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|Puducherry]]. The Commission cited concerns that several voters in [[West Bengal]], [[Assam]] and [[Tripura]] were illegal immigrants from neighbouring [[Bangladesh]] who had obtained voter identity cards using dual documents. Political parties including the [[Indian National Congress]], [[Trinamool Congress|All India Trinamool Congress]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], [[Samajwadi Party]], [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] and [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] opposed the exercise, alleging that the ECI was favouring [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] and the ruling [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ahead of upcoming Assembly elections in different states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/opposition-mps-protest-march-from-parliament-house-to-eci-headquarters-bihar-sir-vote-chori-on-august-11-2025/article69919118.ece|title=Opposition protests against SIR, calls it 'vote theft' by government|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 August 2025|access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mamata-banerjee-warns-poll-panel-bjp-over-sir-exercise-bengal-2800645-2025-10-09|title=Even British feared Bengal, Mamata Banerjee warns poll panel, BJP over SIR exercise|date=9 October 2025|work=[[India Today]]}}</ref> Following the demand from the opposition, the Modi government had agreed to hold a parliamentary debate on the disputed Special Intensive matter in winter session of the parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-30 |title=Opposition warns of Parliament disruption if SIR debate not allowed |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/politics/opposition-warns-of-parliament-disruption-if-sir-debate-not-allowed |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=National Herald |language=en}}</ref> Senior Congress MP [[Shashi Tharoor]] supported the SIR process nationwide, praising both ECI as well as the government for such move.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/poll-rolls-not-perfect-shashi-tharoor-backs-pan-india-sir-drifts-from-congress-stance-yet-again/articleshow/123758301.cms|title='Poll rolls not perfect': Shashi Tharoor backs pan-India SIR; drifts from Congress stand yet again|date=8 September 2025|access-date=29 September 2025|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

On 4 November 2025, ECI formally launched Phase-II of SIR across 9 states and 3 union territories. The exercise covers about 51 crore electors across 321 districts and 1,843 Assembly constituencies.<ref>{{Cite news|title=SIR second phase begins in nine States, three U.T.s|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sir-20-begins-in-12-states-union-territories/article70240764.ece|work=The Hindu|date=2025-11-04|access-date=2025-12-01|issn=0971-751X|language=en-IN|first=Sreeparna Chakrabarty & Shiv Sahay|last=Singh}}</ref>

== Special Intensive Revision (SIR) phases ==

=== Phase I ===
The first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was undertaken as an initial rollout in select States, with [[Bihar]] being the primary example. The exercise was conducted between June and September 2025. According to reports, approximately 47 lakh (4.7 million) electors were removed from the electoral rolls in the State following verification, representing around 5–6% of the total electorate.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Phase I (SIR)<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2025 |title=press release |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2147413&utm_&reg=3&lang=2 |website=PIb}}</ref>
! Total Voters !! Revised Voters !! Reduction (%) !! States Covered !! U/T Covered !! Starting Date !! End Date
|-
| — || — || — || Limited (e.g. Bihar) || — || June 2025 || September 2025
|}

=== State-wise Statistics<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2025 |title=Bihar SIR |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2173316&lang=2&reg=3&utm_ |work=PIB |pages=-}}</ref> ===
{| class="wikitable"
! State !! Total Voters !! Revised Voters !! Voters deleted (absolute) !! Deletion (%)
|-
| Bihar || 7.89 crore || {{decrease}}7.42 crore || 47 lakh || 5.95%
|}

=== Phase II ===
The second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was started on 27 October 2025, covered nine States and three Union Territories, including [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[West Bengal]], among others. The exercise resulted in a reduction of approximately 10.2% in the total number of electors, bringing the count down from over 50.99 crore to 45.81 crore. In absolute terms, [[Uttar Pradesh]] recorded the highest net deletion of 2.04 crore voters, followed by [[West Bengal]] with 83.86 lakh. In percentage terms, [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] recorded the highest deletion at 16.6%, while [[Lakshadweep]] recorded the lowest deletion at 0.3% (181 voters).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-04-12 |title=Consolidated voters' list of 9 States and 3 UTs that underwent SIR Phase II trimmed by 10.2% |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/consolidated-voters-list-of-9-states-and-3-uts-that-underwent-sir-phase-ii-trimmed-by-102/article70853877.ece |access-date=2026-04-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

As per the [[Election Commission of India]], a total of approximately 91 lakh Voters (Not in absolute terms) electors were removed from the electoral rolls in [[West Bengal]] since October 2025, while around 2.04 crore(Not in absolute terms) names were deleted in Uttar Pradesh following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process conducted between October 2025 to April 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mint |title=sir west bengal |url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/91-lakh-voters-deleted-in-sir-hindus-hit-in-numbers-muslims-in-proportion-what-s-happening-in-west-bengal-mamata-11775796829202.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2026 |title=U.P S.I.R |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly/over-two-crore-names-deleted-as-final-list-released-in-up-sir-exercise/article70848253.ece |work=The Hindu |page=1}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Phase II (SIR)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2025 |title=Press Release |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2186480&reg=3&lang=2 |website=PTi}}</ref>
!Total Voters
!Revised Voters(Absolute Numbers)
!Reduction (in%)
!States Covered
!U/T Covered
!Starting Date
!End Date
|-
|50.99 crore
|{{decrease}}45.81 crore
|10.2%
|9
|3
|27 October,2025
|04 December,2025
|}
[[File:SIR phase 2 14 april India.png|thumb|S.I.R Phase-II States]]

=== State-wise statistics ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! State/UT
!Total Voters
(before draft list)
!Revised
Voters

(final roll)
! Voters deleted (absolute\net)
! Change(%)
|-
| Uttar Pradesh<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2026 |title=U.P SIR |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly/over-two-crore-names-deleted-as-final-list-released-in-up-sir-exercise/article70848253.ece?utm_ |website=The Hindu}}</ref>
|15.44 crore
|13.39 crore{{decrease}}
| ~2.05 crore
| -13.21%
|-
| West Bengal
|7.69 crore
|6.86 crore{{decrease}}
| -83.86 Lakh<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-04-12 |title=Consolidated voters’ list of 9 States and 3 UTs that underwent SIR Phase II trimmed by 10.2% |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/consolidated-voters-list-of-9-states-and-3-uts-that-underwent-sir-phase-ii-trimmed-by-102/article70853877.ece |access-date=2026-04-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> {{efn|Based on the reported deletion of 83.86 lakh voters, representing 10.9% of the electorate, the total number of voters before the revision is estimated to be approximately 7.69 crore, with the revised electorate at around 6.86 crore.}}
| -10.9%
|-
| Gujarat<ref>{{Cite news |last=india |first=Ndtv |date=21 Feb 2026 |title=SIR Gujarat |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sir-done-in-6-states-68-lakh-voters-deleted-in-gujarat-highest-in-country-11118087?utm_source=chatgpt.com |work=NDTV}}</ref>
|5.08 crore
|4.40crore{{decrease}}
| -68 Lakh
| -14.5%
|-
| Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-02-22 |title=34L voters deleted in MP’s revised final electoral rolls after SIR |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/34l-voters-deleted-in-mps-revised-final-electoral-rolls-after-sir/articleshow/128651422.cms?utm_ |access-date=2026-04-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|5.74 crore
|5.39 crore{{decrease}}
| -34.25 lakh
| -5.96%
|-
| Chhattisgarh<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaiser |first=Ejaz |date=2026-02-21 |title=SIR process in Chhattisgarh: Nearly 25 lakh names removed; final voter list has 1.87 crore electors |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2026/Feb/21/sir-process-in-chhattisgarh-nearly-25-lakh-names-removed-final-voter-list-has-187-crore-electors |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|2.12 crore
|1.87 crore{{decrease}}
| -25 lakh
|<nowiki>-11.8%</nowiki>
|-
| Rajasthan<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-21 |title=Rajasthan: 31.36 lakh names removed in final rolls under SIR 2026 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-31-36-lakh-names-removed-in-final-rolls-under-sir-2026-10544966/ |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|5.46 crore
|5.15 crore{{decrease}}
| -31 lakh
| -5.7%
|-
| Tamil Nadu<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Ankit |date=2026-02-23 |title=Tamil Nadu Final SIR List Released: Over 74 Lakh Names Deleted |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/tamil-nadu-final-sir-list-released-97-lakh-names-deleted-electorate-drops-to-5-43-crore-1828429 |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=ABP Live |language=en}}</ref>
|6.41 crore
|5.67 crore{{decrease}}
| -74 lakh
| -11.5%
|-
| Kerala<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-21 |title=Kerala SIR: 2.69 crore voters in final list; 53,229 names deleted |url=https://thefederal.com/category/states/south/kerala/kerala-sir-final-voter-list-published-230996 |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=thefederal.com |language=en}}</ref>
|2.78 crore
|2.69 crore{{decrease}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2026 |title=press releaase |url=https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/uploads/sir-2026/final_electorate_sir_2026.pdf |website=ceo.kerala}}</ref>
| -9 lakh
| -3.24%
|-
| Goa<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2026 |title=press release |url=https://ceogoa.nic.in/PDF/SIR2026/press-note-Final-publication.pdf |website=ceo goa}}</ref>
|11.85 lakh
|10.57 lakh{{decrease}}
| -1.28 lakh
| -10.8%
|-
| Puducherry
|10.21 lakh<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 December 2025 |title=press release |url=https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/admin/pressrelease/CEO_PressNote_16_12_2026.pdf |website=ceo puducherry}}</ref>
|9.44 lakh{{decrease}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2026 |title=press release |url=https://ceopuducherry.py.gov.in/admin/pressrelease/CEO_PressNote_16_12_2026.pdf |website=ceo puducherry}}</ref>
| -0.77 lakh
| -7.54%
|-
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-21 |title=Andaman Final Voter Roll Out: 5,269 Names Deleted After SIR Exercise |url=https://news.abplive.com/cities/andaman-nicobar-sir-final-list-released-5269-names-deleted-1828188 |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=ABP Live |language=en}}</ref>
|3.10 lakh
|2.58 lakh{{decrease}}
| -0.52 lakh
| -16.6%
|-
| Lakshadweep<ref>{{Cite web |title=CEO Lakshadweep |url=https://ceolakshadweep.gov.in/ |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=ceolakshadweep.gov.in}}</ref>
|0.57 lakh
|0.57 lakh{{decrease}}
| -206
| -0.35%
|-
! '''Total'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission trims electoral rolls by 10.2% across 12 states, UTs - The Economic Times |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-commission-trims-electoral-rolls-by-10-2-across-12-states-uts/amp_articleshow/130193272.cms |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=m.economictimes.com}}</ref>
(Phase II)
|50.99 crore
|45.81 crore{{decrease}}
| -5.18 crore
| -10.2%
|}

== Purpose of Special Intensive Revision ==
Purpose of Special Intensive Revision is to revise the electoral list due to rapid urbanisation, high levels of migration, the addition of new eligible voters, unreported deaths, and to remove the names of foreign illegal immigrants.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2139342|work=Press Information Bureau, Government of India|title=ECI to begin Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls in Bihar|date=24 June 2025}}</ref>

=== West Bengal ===
[[File:BDO Andal monitored EF fillup work at helpdesk of 278 Raniganj AC under Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal.jpg|thumb|ECI officers monitoring the EF fillup work in [[Raniganj]], [[West Bengal]].]]
In [[West Bengal]], the most of the controversies took up during the process of SIR immediately after its declaration.

The Special Intensive Revision (S.I.R.) of Electoral Rolls in West Bengal during 2025 had a highly significant and controversial impact on people, particularly the Hindu refugees and illegal immigrants from [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/west-bengal-sir-bangladeshi-hindus-matuas-seek-answers-amid-uncertainty-101764230141177.html#:~:text=AI%20Summary-,The%20ongoing%20special%20intensive%20revision%20(SIR)%20of%20electoral%20rolls%20in,inciting%20fear%20among%20Hindu%20refugees.|title=West Bengal SIR: Bangladeshi Hindus, Matuas seek answers amid uncertainty|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=27 November 2025}}</ref>

The primary reason for the panic was the linkage required for the SIR exercise, which opponents claimed was a covert step towards implementing the [[National Register of Citizens|National Register of Citizens (NRC)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bengal-sir-exercise-hundreds-flee-bangladeshis-fear-citizenship-2823268-2025-11-20#:~:text=Bengal%20SIR%3A%20The%20fear%20is,by%20voters%20in%20Bengal's%20Malda|title=Hundreds of Bangladeshis flee Bengal over fears linked to SIR drive|work=[[India Today]]|date=20 November 2025|access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref>

Several issues took place following the implementation of SIR over the state.

* '''Panic-Driven Flight''': Media reports indicated that hundreds of, and in some accounts, thousands of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who had settled in West Bengal fled their residences and returned to Bangladesh, especially in border areas like Hakimpur checkpost near [[Basirhat]], [[North 24 Parganas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/programme/india-first/video/thousands-flee-to-bangladesh-fearing-ecs-sir-drive-sir-sparks-bjp-tmc-clash-2822776-2025-11-19|work=[[India Today]]|title=Thousands flee to Bangladesh fearing EC's SIR drive, SIR sparks BJP-TMC clash|date=11 November 2025|access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref>
* '''Reason for Flight''': These individuals, many of whom worked as ragpickers, masons, or domestic workers, were reportedly living in West Bengal for years and had acquired forged Indian documents (Aadhaar, Voter Cards, Ration Cards) through brokers and local political figures. The fear was that the door-to-door verification by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and the scrutiny of their voter details under the SIR process would lead to their detection and potential deportation, similar to the processes associated with the NRC.
* '''Anxiety among Hindu Refugees ([[Matua Mahasangha|Matua community]])''': The SIR required voters to trace their name or a parent's/relative's name to the old 2002 electoral roll ("legacy linkage"). Many Hindu refugees who migrated from Bangladesh, including a large section of the Matua community, settled in West Bengal in or after 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/west-bengal-sir-bangladeshi-hindus-matuas-seek-answers-amid-uncertainty-101764230141177.html#:~:text=I%20will%20not%20only%20lose,refugees%20after%201947%20and%201971.|title=West Bengal SIR: Bangladeshi Hindus, Matuas seek answers amid uncertainty|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=27 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/hindus-from-bangladesh-now-indian-citizens-in-sir-fear-grip/articleshow/125068153.cms|title=Hindus from Bangladesh now Indian citizens in SIR fear grip|date=4 December 2025|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
* '''Suicides and Deaths''': The political rhetoric and the fear of being erased from the voter list (linked by many to the NRC threat) allegedly led to multiple unnatural deaths and suicides among people who had migrated from Bangladesh. Families claimed the victims were extremely anxious that the SIR would strip them of their established Indian citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/trinamool-congress-continues-to-blame-sir-for-unnatural-deaths-in-west-bengal/article70260252.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Trinamool Congress continues to blame SIR for unnatural deaths in West Bengal|date=10 November 2025}}</ref>
* '''CAA Offer vs. Ground Reality''': BJP leaders attempted to allay fears by assuring Hindu refugees that they had nothing to fear and could apply for citizenship under the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)]]. However, many in the community remained unconvinced, fearing the SIR's scrutiny would precede any benefit from the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|CAA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/bengal-bangladeshi-settlers-under-focus-after-3-suicides-during-sir-101762094690327.html|title=Bengal: Bangladeshi settlers under focus after 3 suicides during SIR|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=2 November 2025|access-date=19 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinha |first1=Bhadra |title=‘I don’t know where to go’—persecuted Hindu migrants stuck in between CAA backlog & SIR scrutiny |url=https://theprint.in/india/i-dont-know-where-to-go-persecuted-hindu-migrants-stuck-in-between-caa-backlog-sir-scrutiny/2806940/ |website=ThePrint |access-date=17 December 2025 |date=17 December 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Association for Democratic Reforms v. Election Commission of India]]
* [[Illegal immigration to India]]
* [[Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983]]
* [[Election Commission of India|Election commission of India]]

==References==
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[[Category:2025 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:2026 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:October 2025 in India]]
[[Category:November 2025 in India]]
[[Category:December 2025 in India]]
[[Category:January 2026 in India]]
[[Category:Voter registration]]
[[Category:Modi administration]]
[[Category:Election Commission of India]]
== Notes ==
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Special Intensive Revision - Revision history

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