New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday said work is in progress to launch Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in all states and a final decision on its rollout will be taken by the Election Commission.

Responding to a question at a press conference to announce the Bihar assembly polls, CEC Kumar said the EC had announced its plan for a pan-India SIR while rolling out Bihar SIR on June 24.

The work is on and the three commissioners will meet to decide on dates for various states to launch their respective SIRs, he said.

The poll authority had asked its state poll officers to be ready for the voter list cleanup exercise by September 30.

According to officials, the EC top brass had asked the state chief electoral officers (CEOs) at a conference her

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