An all-party meeting held here on Wednesday evening, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, decided to legally confront the SIR being implemented in Kerala. The BJP opposed the decision.
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The Kerala government has decided to approach the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutional validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in 12 states, including Kerala, as announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) last week.
An all-party meeting held here on Wednesday evening, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, decided to legally confront the SIR being implemented in Kerala. The BJP opposed the decision.
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Opposition leader VD Satheesan informed the meeting that the Congress would join if the government goes to the Supreme Court. Political parties other than the BJP who attended the meeting fully supported the government’s decision to challenge the SIR in the apex court.
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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed the meeting that legal advice to challenge the SIR will be sought as a government and as a political party in the context of the local body elections being held soon. The political parties shared concerns that there are many difficulties in revising the voter list based on the 2002 electoral roll and that the SIR is being implemented with a specific purpose.
Satheesan, P C Vishnunath (Congress), Sathyan Mokeri (CPI), P K Kunhalikutty (IUML), Stephen George (Kerala Congress M), P J Joseph (Kerala Congress), Mathew T Thomas (JD Secular), Thomas K Thomas (NCP), Uzhamalakkal Venugopal (Congress S), K G Premjith (Kerala Congress B), Adv. Shaja G S Panicker (RSP Leninist) K R Girijan (Kerala Congress Jacob), K Surendran (BJP), N K Premachandran (RSP), Ahmed Devarkovil (INL), and Antony Raju (Democratic Kerala Congress) spoke on the occasion.
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