India, Jan. 25 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala proceeded under strict deadlines due to the southern state's alignment with the 2026 assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, state chief electoral officer Rathan U Kelkar has said.

"We were told to do what we can within the timeline," Kelkar said in an interview to HT.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has granted multiple extensions for the SIR of electoral rolls across states and Union territories. A one-week pan-India extension was first given to 12 states/UTs-including Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal-shifting the form-submission deadline to December 11, 2025. Subsequently, ...