Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 6 -- The Kerala government will legally challenge the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to implement the Special Intensive Revision (S.I.R) of electoral rolls in the state, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office said on Wednesday. The decision was taken during an all-party meeting convened by CM Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. All parties, except the BJP, present in the meeting backed the state's decision to move legally against the SIR exercise, the CM's office said. "The CM informed the meeting that in the context of the upcoming local body elections, legal opinion will be sought as a government and as a political party to question the S.I.R. While a revised voter list is in place following the Lok Sabha elections last year, the move to implement a radical voter list revision based on the 2002 list is both unscientific and ill-intentioned, the CM told the meeting," the statementsaid. "Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan said he is ready to become a party if the government moves the top court," the CM's office said.. htc...