Shillong, April 1: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said that the government is keen to have a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
He also said the government will examine the demands to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to restrict benefits to indigenous tribes of the state
After the cabinet meeting, Conrad told reporters that the state supports an SIR to cleanse rolls of illegal names.
“As a state government, we feel very strongly that SIR should be implemented and we are for it and we will see when the situation arises, we are in touch with the Government of India as well as the Election Commission of India has communicated but we don’t have the exact date and the exact process but it is definitely something should be done,” he said.
