The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to consider Aadhaar as the 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of a voter in the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise of electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar.
98 percent of electors listed in Bihar draft have submitted their documents for verification as of August 24, 2025 reports Electoral Commission of India. Over 1.8 percent voters still left to submit their documents or they risk being left out of the final list.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced that people above 18 years of age will not get first-time Aadhaar cards in the state as a precautionary measure to check illegal immigrants from getting Indian citizenship.
On August 17, 2025 the Election Commission of India held a press conference at the National Media Center, New Delhi to answer the questions swirling around vote theft, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and role of Aadhar in the process.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to continue with its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar calling it a “constitutional mandate”.
