The Kerala government has decided to legally challenge the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list in the state. The decision was taken at an all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday. All parties, except the BJP, supported the government’s decision.

In light of the upcoming local body elections, the chief minister informed the meeting that the government would seek legal advice on how to challenge the SIR—both in its capacity as a government and as a political entity.

The chief minister stated that the move to implement a special revision of the voters’ list based on the 2002 electoral roll, when a freshly updated list prepared during the last Lok Sabha elections is already in force, is irrational and ill-intentioned.

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