Ungma village council members pay a visit to Dr S C. Jamir, former Chief minister and Governor and his wife at their residence in Chümoukidema on October 1. (Sangkong Jamir)

As the nation looks towards the 2029 polls, the Election Commission of India faces an unusually grave credibility crisis over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. What was presented as a routine clean-up has become a confrontation over...