Overview

• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s motion passed with support from both the LDF and UDF, calling the use of 2002 rolls as a base unscientific and the timing before local and assembly polls ill‑intentioned.
• The resolution warns that SIR documentation rules breach universal adult suffrage, requiring parent citizenship proof for those born after 1987 and both parents’ documents for those born after 2003.
• Kerala’s Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U. Kelkar has formally asked the Election Commission to postpone the exercise until after local body elections due to logistical overlaps, with a response awaited.
• Kerala cited Bihar’s precedent where about 65 lakh names were flagged in draft rolls; the final Bihar list is due September 30, and the Supreme Court’s next review of the process is scheduled for October 7 after ordering Aadhaar to be accepted.
• An investigative report on Bihar’s Dhaka constituency alleges BJP-linked submissions sought deletion of 78,384 Muslim voters; the Electoral Registration Officer said the names would be verified under SIR procedures.