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Kerala Assembly Unites to Urge Election Commission to Halt Special Voter-Roll Overhaul

The unanimous resolution says the plan’s timing threatens voter rights due to onerous documentation rules before local polls.

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In the resolution, the CM conveyed the concerns of the House about the hasty move by the ECI to implement the SIR and suspected ill-motive behind their action.
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Overview

  • Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan moved the motion, which both LDF and UDF backed after limited Opposition suggestions were accepted, including two amendments by MLA N. Shamsudheen.
  • The resolution rejects using the 2002 rolls as the base and objects to rules requiring parental citizenship documents for voters born after 1987 and for both parents after 2003, calling them violations of universal adult franchise.
  • Lawmakers cite Bihar’s SIR as “politics of exclusion” and warn the exercise could become a backdoor for NPR/NRC-style measures, with the Supreme Court still examining the Bihar process.
  • Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar has recommended postponing the exercise until after local-body elections, and the Election Commission’s response has not been made public.
  • Parties urged using the latest rolls and adding the ration card to acceptable IDs, as the resolution questions the rush to roll out the SIR in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal ahead of elections.