Days after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi made remarks on alleged voting list manipulation in Maharashtra, the Election Commission, after Bihar, is set to carry out an intensive review of electoral rolls by the end of this year in five states which are going to the polls in 2026.

Eventually, the poll authority will begin a special intensive revision across the entire country "for the discharge of its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of the electoral rolls".

As part of the intense review function by the EC, poll officials will carry out house-to-house verification to ensure an error-free voters' list, as per PTI.