MP News: Election Commission Pulls Up Collectors Of Bhopal, Indore For Slow Progress Of SIR

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Election Commission has shown anger at the collectors over the slow progress of the SIR. In a video conference on Wednesday, the EC pulled up the collectors of Bhopal, Indore, and Gwalior.

The EC also expressed dissatisfaction at the work of the collectors of a few other districts. During the conference, the director of EC, Shubhra Saxena, said the district electoral officers, electoral officers and assistant electoral officers should be ready to face the music for any delay in SIR work.

Action will be taken against those officers who neglect the work, Saxena said. The digitalisation work in Indore and Bhopal is moving at a snail’s pace. The BLOs give duly filled forms to the voters under the system.

Afterwards, the BLOs upload the forms on the EC app. But the work is not being properly done. Only three lakh forms have been returned in Indore. A single vendor is printing the forms in Madhya Pradesh, which is also causing a delay in the work.

The electors have complained that they are not getting forms. It was said on behalf of the EC that the distribution of forms and their return after being filled should be done fast.

The filled forms should be taken back from voters under the SIR by December 4. But as the work is moving at a snail’s pace, it does not seem possible to complete the task within the stipulated time.

This was the reason that the EC got angry with the collectors of these three districts.

Indore collector inspects SIR work

Collector and district election officer Shivam Verma conducted a surprise inspection of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR-2025) work of Assembly Constituency No. 204 Indore-1 going on at MB Khalsa College. Verma also inspected the control room set up in the Collector's office and reviewed the arrangements there.

During the inspection the collector inquired about the progress of the revision work from the BLO and supervisor. He instructed the concerned registration officer and assistant registration officer to ensure that every problem arising during the revision work is resolved promptly and effectively.

Verma gave clear instructions to complete 100% digitisation work within the stipulated time frame during the process of SIR. He said that both quality and timeliness of the revision work are essential, so that the final publication can be accurate and error-free. During the inspection, deputy district election officer Panwar Navjeevan Vijay, additional commissioner Narendranath Pandey, registration officer Dr. Nidhi Verma and assistant registration officer Narayan Nandeda and other officers were present.