LUCKNOW, Oct. 28 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh began on Tuesday, marking the first such exercise in 22 years. Earlier, this exercise was conducted in UP in 2003.

UP chief electoral officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa held a virtual meeting with district electoral officers and other senior officials to brief them on the SIR process.

According to the Election Commission of India (ECI) schedule, between October 28 and November 3, the election returning officers (EROs) will print pre-filled enumeration forms (in duplicate) for all existing electors and hand them over to the booth-level officers (BLOs). EROs will also train BLOs on procedures related to the revision exercise.

Meanwhile, the opposition p...