New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Election Commission of India on Wednesday extended the timeline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya, providing additional time for the completion of the claims and objections process before the final publication of the revised rolls.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Election Commission held at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi at 4.30 pm on Wednesday. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners S.S. Sandhu and Vivek Joshi attended the meeting.
Under the revised schedule, the notice phase and disposal of claims and objections in Andhra Pradesh, which was earlier scheduled to conclude on July 31, will now continue until October 1...