Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday welcomed the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to launch the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories, calling it a “positive step” to ensure greater accuracy in the voter list, news agency ANI reported.

#WATCH | Mumbai, Maharashtra: On the second phase of SIR, Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule says, "...The list of my area has 5 lakh 40 thousand votes. If someone goes somewhere else, they are added to that area as well, but there is no deletion. They go somewhere… pic.twitter.com/1IKF1jhw5v