He directed that on January 18, 2026, BLOs should be present at their respective polling booths and read out the draft electoral rolls to voters to ensure the success of the programme.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed all Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in Uttar Pradesh to read out the draft electoral rolls prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to voters at all polling booths across the state in a mission mode on January 18.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa issued these instructions while reviewing the work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls with all District Election Officers, Deputy District Election Officers and Electoral Registration Officers of the state through video conferencing.
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He directed that on January 18, 2026, BLOs should be present at their respective polling booths and read out the draft electoral rolls to voters to ensure the success of the programme. The exercise is to be carried out with the cooperation of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties and the concerned ward members or village heads.
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Rinwa said that no negligence would be tolerated in this work and that extensive publicity should be undertaken to create voter awareness about the programme. He also stressed that BLOs must ensure the availability of a sufficient number of Form 6 (including declaration forms), Form 7 and Form 8.
The CEO instructed that while filling Form 6 offline, the voter’s name, address and other details should be entered in both English and Hindi in the presence of the voter to avoid spelling errors. Similarly, in the case of online Form 6, the BLO should ensure during verification that the voter’s name is also entered in Hindi by the concerned voter.
He reviewed cases pending for more than 48 hours under the “Book a Call with BLO” facility, assembly constituency-wise. Instructions were issued to seek explanations from the Electoral Registration Officers of eight assembly constituencies—Moradabad Rural, Shikohabad, Garhmukteshwar, Chayal, Madhuban, Kundarki, Mankapur and Moradabad City—where more than 10 cases were pending beyond the 48-hour timeline.
The CEO further directed that all Electoral Registration Officers should regularly review booth-wise data and ensure that no case remains pending for more than 48 hours under any circumstances. He also instructed all District Election Officers to provide timely and factual responses to voters’ queries and complaints received through social media, so that there is no confusion among voters.
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