Expressing concern over the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of voter lists, the CPM on Thursday sought the suspension of an exercise initiated at the subdivision level in Tripura and demanded an all-party meeting to discuss the matter.

The CPM made the demands when a delegation of the party’s state secretariat members Manik Dey, Naresh Jamatia, Sudhan Das, and Ratan Das met Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Brijesh Pandey in Agartala.

Manik Dey later told reporters that the CEO explained to the delegation that the commission had started only preparatory work for the SIR and that no decision on conducting the SIR in the state had been made.

“It is evident from the memorandums issued by various EROs (subdivisional magistrates) that the Election Commission has undertaken

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