Unlike in Bihar, poll panel plans to meet parties before pan

With the Election Commission preparing for a nationwide special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of states and Union Territories could hold meetings with political parties before the rollout, something which was not done for the Bihar SIR that was launched in June, The Indian Express has learnt.

The EC had on June 24 passed an order for a national SIR of electoral rolls, in which all registered electors would have to fill new enumeration forms and those added to the rolls after the last intensive revision would have to submit eligibility documents as well. The EC had started the exercise with Bihar as Assembly elections are due in the state, and said the orders for the rest of the country would follow in due course. The SIR in Bihar is scheduled