Simultaneously, Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with key Congress leaders ahead of state elections to strategise protests against the exercise. In Jammu and Kashmir, internal tensions rose within the National Conference after a cabinet reshuffle, with dissident MLAs securing assurances from party leadership on their concerns.
Election commission gives voters in seven states a final opportunity for inclusion in electoral rolls
The Election Commission of India has allowed electors in seven states another opportunity to be added to final electoral rolls after being omitted during the Special Intensive Revision. Booth-level officers will conduct house-to-house verification to include voters previously excluded under absentee, shifted, dead, or duplicate categories.
