The pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters list exercise commenced on Tuesday in 12 states and three Union Territories.

The move comes two days ahead of the Bihar Assembly Election phase 1 — Bihar is where the first phase of SIR was conducted, leading to the deletion of 68 lakh names from the electoral rolls after verification.

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The SIR exercise in the second phase will cover close to 51 crore voters in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.

Under SIR 2.0, the enumeration process begins today and will continue until December 4. The Election Commission is scheduled to release the draft electoral rolls on December 9, with the final rolls

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