Lucknow, Nov. 4 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) launched its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday with a herculean task at hand to cover over 1.62 lakh polling booths and 15.44 crore voters in only a month's time.
Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have started reaching door-to-door from today as the voter list prepared after the SIR will serve as a crucial basis for the 403-seat 2027 Assembly elections in the state. The entire process is a rigorous test for the ECI, BLOs, political parties, and voters as well.
In Lucknow, the state capital, over 3,800 BLOs have started reaching the voters' houses from Tuesday morning.
Political parties, too, are not lagging behind to join the SIR and have se...