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On phase 2 of SIR in 12 States/UTs, including West Bengal, BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh said, "I welcome this decision. It is quite natural that SIR will be conducted throughout the country, as stated previously by the EC. After this press conference, ECI announced that SIR will be done in 12 states, including West Bengal. All kinds of speculations, misunderstandings, confusion - whatever is spread by the Opposition, now it's going to be stopped and SIR will be conducted smoothly. I hope that the Opposition will also support the SIR to be fulfilled in a complete way so that the voter list cleansing will be done by the EC itself. The main objective of SIR is to delete the dead voters, double-triple entry voters, and those who are intruders..."

#watch | Siliguri: On phase 2 of SIR in 12 States/UTs, including West Bengal, BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh says, "I welcome this decision. It is quite natural that SIR will be conducted throughout the country, as stated previously by the EC. After this press conference, ECI announced… pic.twitter.com/G4NCnhuYMq

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On India and Seychelles to complete 50 years of diplomatic ties, President of the Republic of Seychelles, Dr Patrick Herminie, said, "We expect India to play a vital role in shaping our economy, particularly in key sectors. It’s worth noting that many of the merchants in Seychelles are of Indian origin... I foresee a future where we work closely together in a spirit of mutual respect and shared benefit... With India being the larger of the two nations, we are confident that we will gain from their expertise through knowledge transfer and capacity building."

#watch | Victoria, Seychelles: On India and Seychelles to complete 50 years of diplomatic ties, President of the Republic of Seychelles, Dr Patrick Herminie, says, "... We expect India to play a vital role in shaping our economy, particularly in key sectors. It’s worth noting… pic.twitter.com/Rjuw17Yzvd

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On the second phase of SIR, Chhattisgarh's Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao said, "It is a welcome step. Only the names of eligible people should be on the voter list. Only the names of Indian citizens should be on the voter list."

#watch Raipur, Chhattisgarh: On the second phase of SIR, Chhattisgarh's Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao says, "It is a welcome step. Only the names of eligible people should be on the voter list. Only the names of Indian citizens should be on the voter list." pic.twitter.com/z3r2VV5bC5

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On the third day of the Chhath Puja, fireworks were lit as devotees gathered at the ITO Chhath Ghat to offer Arghya to the setting sun.

#watch Delhi: On the third day of the Chhath Mahaparv, fireworks were lit as devotees gathered at the ITO Chhath Ghat to offer arghya to the setting sun. pic.twitter.com/8srIYcJUM8

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Phase 2 of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) to be carried out in 12 States/UTs.

CEC Gyanesh Kumar said, "The voter list of all those states where SIR will be done will be frozen at 12 am tonight. All voters on that list will be given Unique Enumeration Forms by the BLOs. These Enumeration Forms will have all the necessary details from the current voter list. After BLOs start distributing forms to exisiting electors, all those whose names are on Enumeration Forms will try to match whether their names were on 2003 voter list. If yes, they need not submit any additional documents. If not their names, but the names of their parents were on the list, then too they need not submit any additional documents...The voter list of the SIR from 2002 to 2004 will be available to be seen on http://voters.eci.gov.in by anyone and they can do the matching by themselves."

#watch | Delhi: Phase 2 of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) to be carried out in 12 States/UTs.CEC Gyanesh Kumar says, "...The voter list of all those states where SIR will be done will be frozen at 12 am tonight. All voters on that list will be given Unique Enumeration Forms… pic.twitter.com/62UXOnL2Bl

— ANI (@ANI) October 27, 2025