Published - January 05, 2026 08:19 pm IST - PATNA Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar during a visit at Tapovan caves and hills, in Deoghar district, Jharkhand, on January 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday (January 5, 2026) said that the goal of the special intensive revision (SIR) is to ensure that “no eligible Indian citizen is left out of the electoral roll”. The CEC, who was on a two-day visit to Jharkhand, said that a “clean” electoral roll is the foundation of democracy and hailed booth-level officers (BLOs) as the “foundation” of such rolls.
