INDIA bloc demands scrapping of SIR, seeks use of pre-SIR 2025 electoral rolls for next local polls

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The INDIA bloc is demanding that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) be scrapped and that the state use the pre‑SIR 2025 electoral rolls for the upcoming taluk and zilla panchayat elections. At the same time, the Karnataka Cabinet has asked Chief Minister Shivakumar to decide whether to use the post‑SIR rolls for upcoming local body polls, with the Congress government facing a dilemma over the use of the Election Commission’s post‑SIR rolls for municipal corporation elections in Greater Bengaluru.

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