Even as the Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 12 states and Union Territories, including those going to polls next year, it excluded Assam citing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in the state and this prompted a war of words between the BJP and the Congress.

“Assam has a separate provision in India’s citizenship laws. The second thing is that the Supreme Court-monitored citizenship identification process is about to conclude. In such a situation, the June 24 SIR order, which applied to the whole country, is not applicable to Assam. Revision instructions for the state will be issued separately,” said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.

BJP spokesperson Rupam Goswami said the party welcomes the SIR “when

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