Thiruvananthapuram: The LDF government in Kerala has decided to approach the Supreme Court challenging the implementation of the Special Internal Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. The Congress-led UDF extended its support to the Pinarayi Vijayan government’s decision at the all-party meeting held here on Wednesday.

The BJP, however, opposed the move, while all other parties unanimously endorsed the government’s decision.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, addressing the meeting, said that both the state government and the CPM would seek legal advice on challenging the SIR process, especially as the local body polls approach.

He noted that conducting a special intensive revision of the voter list based on the 2002 rolls, when an updated list from the last Lok Sabha election is already available, was “unscientific” and carried “malicious intent.”

Several political parties voiced concern that using the 2002 electoral roll as the base would create multiple issues and alleged that the SIR was being carried out with an ulterior motive.

Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan said the UDF fully agreed with the chief minister’s concerns and was ready to become a party to the case if it went to court.

CPM state secretary M V Govindan termed the move “unconstitutional and anti-democratic.”

The all-party meeting was convened a day after Booth Level Officers (BLOs) began visiting households to distribute and collect enumeration forms as part of the SIR process launched by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the state.

Those who attended the meeting included P C Vishnunadh (INC), Sathyan Mokeri (CPI), P K Kunhalikutty (IUML), Stephen George (Kerala Congress M), P J Joseph (Kerala Congress), Mathew T Thomas (JD-S), Thomas K Thomas (NCP), Uzhavalykkal Venugopal (Congress S), K G Premjith (Kerala Congress B), Adv Shaji G S Panicker (RSP-L), K R Girijan (Kerala Congress Jacob), K Surendran (BJP), N K Premachandran (RSP), Ahmad Devarkovil (INL), and Antony Raju (Democratic Kerala Congress).