India, Jan. 25 -- Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' lists in the remaining states will be rolled out soon , Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Saturday as he described "pure" electoral rolls as the bedrock of democracy and said that the revision exercise is presently being conducted "smoothly" across 12 states and Union territories.

This exercise has been successfully completed in Bihar, and a 'special revision' of electoral rolls is separately underway in Assam, Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

He said, "It (SIR) will soon be rolled out in the remaining states as well as he spoke on the eve of the Election Commission's foundation day, also celebrated as National Voters' Day.

"The most compelling ...