DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ASSEMBLY POLLS IN 4 OF 12 NEXT YEAR 12 states & UTs, 51 cr voters: After Bihar, SIR next round from Nov 4 110 138 171 80 Assam excluded for now; EC asks voters to submit forms by Dec 4 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY CJI, SUCCESSOR SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 27 HOURS AFTER he met US Secretaryof StateMarcoRubioin KualaLumpurMonday,External AffairsMinisterSJaishankartook aswipeattheTrumpadministration, saying energy trade is becoming “increasingly constricted”, “principles are applied selectivelyandwhatispreached is not necessarily practised”. His remarks at the East Asia Summit stem from the US impositionofa25percenttariffpenalty CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 P6 SANTOSH SINGH PATNA, OCTOBER 27 THE EXPRESS INTERVIEW TEJASHWI YADAV RJD LEADER Bihar face in the alliance. Tejashwi’s stress on employment, in turn, is an acknowledgment by him of the need to put a distance between the RJD under CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Gujarat Tamil Nadu Kerala Uttar Pradesh ‘Jobs, jobs and jobs… Bihar needs this… PK just a media creation’ “JOBS,JOBSandjobs.”Thatishow RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav describes his priorities, in an interviewwithTheIndianExpressdays after the Mahagathbandhan announced him as its Chief Ministerface. DECISION The announce2025 ment was an BIHAR acknowledgment of how crucial the 35-year-old is to the Mahagathbandhan’s chances,atatimewhenhisfather andRJDchief LaluPrasadisailing andthereishardlyanyotherpan- West Bengal Puducherry Chief Justice of India B R Gavai has recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Surya Kant as the next CJI. CJI Gavai is set to retire on November 23. PTI REPORT,PAGE7 Jaishankar swipe at US: Energy trade principles are applied selectively 9 STATES, 3 UNION TERRITORIES Rajasthan 51 crore MP VOTERS TO BE COVERED Goa Chhattisgarh Lakshadweep Andaman and Nicobar West Bengal, TN, Kerala and Puducherry Assembly polls due in 2026; UP, Gujarat, Goa in 2027; Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh in 2028; Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep do not have Assemblies CEC Gyanesh Kumar with ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. Anil Sharma DAMINI NATH NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 27 THEELECTIONCommission(EC) on Monday announced the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, where all of the registered 51 crore electors would have to submit enumerationformsbyDecember4toremain on the draft roll. All those who cannot be traced back to the last intensive revision of rolls in 2002-2005 wouldberequiredtosubmitdocumentstoestablishtheireligibility to remain on the final list. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BENGAL, TAMIL NADU PUSH BACK PAGE 7 DECEMBER 9 FEB 7, 2026 Poll panel to publish draft electoral list Final electoral rolls to be published Bihar effect: Processes tweaked to flag inclusion, papers only in 2nd stage DAMINI NATH & RITIKA CHOPRA NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 27 FROM A softening of tone on citizenship to several procedural changes, the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 12 states and Union Territoriesmarksmanypointsof departure from the exercise the Election Commission had notified for Bihar on June 24. Consider the key ones: ■The first major shift comes rightatthestartingline,theenumeration phase, whose purpose and tone are now entirely different. In Bihar, this phase had triggered anxiety among existing electors registered after 2003, the year the state’s rolls were last re● vised intensively, as they were asked to furnish documents proving their age and citizenship to stay on the electoral E EXPLAINED 28/10/2025 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BJP does not require crutches, it runs on its own strength in Maharashtra: Shah EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, OCTOBER 27 INAremarkthatwouldhavesignificant political ramifications ahead of the local body elections in Maharashtra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not require crutches in the state and that it functions on its own strength. Addressingpartyworkersafter laying the foundation stone of party’s new headquarter building near Churchgate railway station in South Mumbai, Shah called on party workers to doubletheireffortsto“wipeout” the Opposition in the local body elections. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Union Home Minister Amit in Mumbai on Monday. 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