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Amid preparations to roll out a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country, the election officials of Kerala and Karnataka have approached the Chief Election Commission (CEC) with requests to postpone it.

In a letter sent to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Karnataka State Election Commissioner G S Sangreshi has requested a postponement in Bengaluru city until elections to five newly constituted municipal corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority are over. As per a Supreme Court order, the Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) has to start preparations for municipal elections by November 1.

In his letter, the SEC Karnataka commissioner has said that duties including revision of vot

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