SIR clock ticks, parties race to find missing voters
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 December 26. The draft electoral rolls will be published on December 31. The claims and objections period will be from December 31 to January 30. Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa said the district election officers have been directed to verify the deceased, shifted and absent voters during the extended period of SIR process.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday clarified that the state legislature's winter session (December 19-24) is short because a majority of the members are busy with SIR work and want to utilise the extension granted by the EC. Earlier, on December 14, Adityanath said around 4 crore (40 millions) were missing from the electoral rolls and 85% to 90% of these voters, he stressed, are "ours"....
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