By Admin 
The Election Commission on Monday (October 27) has announced the second phase of Special Summary Revision (SIR) in the country. In the second phase, 12 states of the country will be covered under SIR. Although Maharashtra has not been included in these states, civic elections are to be held in Maharashtra in the coming days.
According to the Election Commission, under the second phase, SIRs are proposed in Andaman and Nicobar besides West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Madhya Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Gujarat, Goa, Chhattisgarh. The announcement of SIR in these 12 states was made by Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in a press conference on Monday. He also made it clear that the voter lists of these states will be frozen on Monday night.
Questions are arising for this
Actually, questions are being raised regarding Maharashtra because earlier it was believed that SIR could be conducted in Maharashtra also before the BMC elections. However, it was said by the State Election Commission and political parties that at present SIR should not be conducted in Maharashtra.
Emphasis given on the need for SIR
During the press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stressed on the need to conduct SIR and said that the last time SIR was conducted between 2000 and 2004, hence after almost two decades, special intensive revision is necessary to remove inaccuracies in the voter list.
‘SIR will be done in a phased manner’
He said, “Revision of electoral rolls is necessary before every election. In the last few years, many political parties have objected to the voter list not being completely pure. Before this, the last time SIR took place between 2000 and 2004. After such a long time, SIR becomes even more important. The Election Commission decided that SIR will be conducted in the entire country in a phased manner, starting from Bihar.”