Lucknow, Dec. 8 -- As the extended December 11 deadline for the submission of enumeration forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is only a few days away, the BJP has intensified its ground work across Uttar Pradesh with district tours by senior leaders and fresh instructions from the top to prioritise voter verification over everything else.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath is understood to have told MLAs to leave aside all non-essential programmes for a week to focus entirely on the SIR exercise.

He has directed public representatives and officials to ensure that "infiltrators" or "illegal voters" do not remain on the rolls under any circumstances and asked the party to get such names removed without delay. ...