Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra welcomed the Election Commission's decision to extend the deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the national capital, stating that the extended timeline would enable Booth Level Officers (BLOs) to carry out their work with complete transparency.
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The Election Commission of India has issued fresh orders changing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision schedule for voter registries in Punjab.
As part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, more than 30 lakh voters filled and submitted their enumeration forms (EFs) during two-day special camps organised at polling booths across Punjab.
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is progressing rapidly across Haryana.
In a letter to the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, the commission said the officers were transferred without its prior approval, despite explicit directions that no official connected with the SIR process should be moved during the revision period.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to be in New Delhi next week to create a consensus among the opposition parties against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in several states, including her own.
The FIR was filed on Saturday by the BJP’s Jangipur organisational district, accusing Manirul of storming the BDO office in Murshidabad’s Farakka, creating chaos and attempting to disrupt the SIR process.
According to commission sources, notices specifying dates and venues were issued to nearly 32 lakh ‘no-mapping’ voters.
West Bengal's ruling Trinamul Congress MLA Manirul Islam on Friday wrote to the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) in charge of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, clarifying that his remarks during the 14 January protest at the Farakka BDO office were not intended to undermine the commission or influence the electoral process.
