New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- A crucial meeting of the Election Commission with its state officials to discuss preparations for a pan-India rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was held on Wednesday.

The meeting discussed the preparedness of states regarding SIR, the poll panel sources said. The state CEOs affirmed that groundwork would be concluded this month.

The Election Commission will hold more meetings with the northeastern states on Thursday. Sources said no date has been decided yet, but a nationwide SIR could be announced very soon.

The EC officials presented the Commission's SIR policy. The chief electoral officer of Bihar also shared the state's experience in implementing SIR.

This is the third meetin...