The nationwide update introduces stricter verification norms, digital formats for political parties, and polling booth reforms ahead of key state elections.
A sitting Supreme Court judge is accused of crossing the line by publicly condemning the Election Commission's voter revision while the case is still active.
The state government and the opposition trade accusations of goondaism and voter suppression over the deletion of over one crore names from the electoral rolls.
A high-profile BJP delegation has urged the state's top police officer to review criminal cases, while the ruling Congress accuses the opposition of trying to purge minority voters.
