PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 18 -- A total of 2,58,822 citizens have applied to register as new voters under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the district. Of these, 427 applications have been rejected, while the rest are still under processing, shared officials.

Even as the process continues, 66,242 voters have submitted Form 8 seeking corrections, as certain updates were not incorporated in the published electoral rolls. Authorities are continuing the verification process and stressed the importance of enrolling new voters.

District magistrate Manish Kumar Verma welcomed the initiative of including voter ID numbers on application forms at Prof Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) University, stating that the measure would he...