CPI(M) Polit Bureau met on July 18, 2025 and issued the following communiqueSpecial Intensive Revision of the Electoral Rolls – Protests on August 8:The Election Commission ordered a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar. Now, the EC wants to extend this exercise to the entire country. In the name of revising the electoral rolls, the EC is appropriating the authority to verify the citizenship of voters, which is outside its constitutional remit.