Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Congress party is gearing up for Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The party has appointed 57 trainers at the district-level to train party leaders for revision of voters’ list, said party leader here on Wednesday.
The Congress leaders have condemned implementation of SIR in the state. The leaders claimed that through SIR, BJP wants to manipulate the voters’list in their favour.
Training department incharge Mahendra Joshi issued the list of 57 trainers who are responsible for imparting training to the booth level agents.
He said that the BLAs would verify voters’ list physically and prepare a report. The report will be compiled at the block level and will be sent to the district level. After screening the list, the final report will be submitted to the state Congress party office.
After compilation of list, the state leaders will point out difference and disparity found during the list preparations to Election Commission of India.
Nath urges people to help BLOs complete SIR
At a time when the Congress and other opposition parties are opposing the SIR, former chief minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has appealed to the residents of Chhindwara to cooperate with the BLOs who will visit every house to do the work.
Nath made the statement on Wednesday. He said after house-to-house verification of voters, the first list would be issued on December 9. The people can lodge any objection from December 9 to January 8, because the final list will be issued on February 7.
Whenever BLOs reach the houses of the residents of Chhindwara, they should cooperate with the BLOs, he said, adding that SIR is the right approach to ensure the purity of the voter’s list.
EC team to review SIR process
The two-member team of Election Commission will review the ongoing process of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bhopal on Thursday, sources said.
The two-member that includes director, Election Commission, Shubra Saxena, will visit a few polling booths in Bhopal, Vidisha and Sehore to assess the process and issue directives where needed.
The SIR began in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. The booth level officers are visiting door-to-door to distribute enumeration forms to voters.
