New Delhi: India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday announced the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the country. He stated that the SIR exercise will be conducted in 12 states in the second phase.
At a press conference held at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said, “Today we are present here to mark the beginning of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision campaign. I congratulate the voters of Bihar and salute the 75 million voters who participated in a successful SIR. The Commission also met with election officials from all 36 states and discussed the entire process in detail.”
The CEC said, “…the second phase of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) will be conducted in 12 states and union territories.” Gyanesh Kumar said, “…in the states where SIR will be conducted, voter lists will be frozen at midnight today. Afterward, voters will be given unique counting forms with all details.”
BLOs to visit every home three times
He said that SIR will ensure that no eligible voter is left out and no ineligible voter is included in the voter list. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said, “BLOs (Booth Level Officers) will visit every home three times. To address the problem of migrating voters, people can now submit their counting forms online.”
Training of Polling Officers to Begin Tomorrow
The CEC announced that training of polling officers for the second phase of SIR will begin on Tuesday. Gyanesh Kumar said, “All Chief Electoral Officers and District Election Officers have been instructed to meet with political parties by Wednesday and brief them on the SIR process.”
Chief Election Commissioner Kumar said that the SIR process, which has been underway since independence, is the ninth; The last election was held 21 years ago, in 2002-04. He said that political parties have raised the issue of the quality of voter lists on several occasions. The first phase of the SIR in Bihar concluded without any claims.
