Guwahati, Feb. 18 -- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday said that only 500 appeals were received following the recent exercise of Special Revision (SR) of electoral rolls in Assam.
Speaking at a media briefing in Guwahati, he noted that this figure, out of a total electorate of 2.5 crore, exemplifies the success of the Special Revision exercise in the state. The CEC addressed the media after concluding a two-day visit to the poll-bound state.
He was accompanied by election commissioners SS Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, along with other senior officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Kumar said that while the ECI is carrying out Special Intensive Revision in other poll-bound states, Assam's Special Revision was con...