India, Aug. 17 -- Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) will decide about conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal and other states at an appropriate time.

Kumar made the remarks while addressing a question about the possibility of an SIR in Bengal during a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday.

"We three (election) commissioners will decide at an appropriate time and take a decision on when to conduct SIR in West Bengal or other states," Gyanesh Kumar said. "It will be announced at an appropriate time."

Earlier in July, the ECI had released the data from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll last conducted in West Bengal in 2002, ...