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#Kerala : Asssembly Unanimously Passes Resolution , Says NO To Election Commission’s SIR ; Seeks Transparency In Voter’s List
In the resolution, the CM conveyed the concerns of the House about the ECI’s ‘hasty move’ to implement the SIR and suspected ‘ill-motive’ behind their action.
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The Kerala assembly , September 29, 2025, unanimously passed a resolution against the Election Commission of India’s move to carry out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list in the state and urged the ECI to conduct the revision of voters’ list in a transparent manner.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition, which had already expressed its strong reservations against the SIR, backed the resolution in the House moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
According to media reports In the resolution, the CM conveyed the concerns of the House about the ECI’s ‘hasty move’ to implement the SIR and suspected ‘ill-motive’ behind their action.
There are widespread concerns that the Election Commission’s move to conduct SIR is a ‘backdoor’ attempt to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Vijayan pointed out.
The recent SIR process in Bihar confirms such concerns, the chief minister stated, adding that it reflects ‘politics of exclusion’.
Alleging that the SIR implemented in Bihar witnessed ‘illogical exclusions’ of people from the voters’ list, Vijayan said there is a suspicion across the country whether the same pattern is being pursued on a national basis.
In the resolution, the CM questioned the attempts being made to implement the SIR in poll-bound Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal while the Constitutional validity of the Bihar SIR process is under consideration by the Supreme Court.
It cannot be viewed as an innocent move, Vijayan noted.
There are widespread fear that the attempt by the Election Commission to implement the SIR, that requires long-term preparation and consultation, in a hasty manner is to sabotage democracy, he said.