Guwahati: Chief Election Commissioner Ganesh Kumar on Wednesday said the special revision (SR) of Assam’s electoral roll is a legitimate exercise aimed at weeding out ineligible voters, while saying the state’s election schedule will be framed around Rongali Bihu after parties seek polls ahead of the mid-April festival. The CEC said the purpose of the SR is to “include all eligible voters and exclude all ineligible voters” and dismissed the criticism as political noise that cannot change legal procedures. The EC concluded its three-day visit to Assam where the entire assembly led by Kumar and Election Commissioners SS Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi met various political parties and reviewed preparations. On the addition and deletion of SR, Kumar said the police officer “performed well…”
