Lucknow, Dec. 20 -- With just a week to go for the conclusion of the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on December 26, political parties - the BJP, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress - have mobilised their booth level agents (BLAs) and party workers in Uttar Pradesh for inclusion of missing voters in electoral rolls.

At stake are the 2.96 crore (29.6 million) uncollectible voters whose names may get excised from the rolls after the SIR process, causing the parties to fear that their voters' names might be deleted and adversely affect their 2027 assembly election prospects.

According to the revised dates issued by the Election Commission, the enumeration phase will conclude on...