Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Delhi's voter list is starting from Tuesday (June 30). All kinds of preparations have been completed in this regard. On Monday (June 29), Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashok Kumar held a press conference.
of. During this, he shared complete information regarding SIR. He said that more than 13,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) will go door-to-door across the capital to verify voters.
He said that full care will be taken to ensure that no eligible voter is left out and no ineligible person is included in the voter list. He said that more than 13,000 BLOs across Delhi will conduct door-to-door verification of voters from June 30 to July 29. Every existing voter will be given Enumeration Form in duplicate. He said that the voter will have to submit a filled form to the BLO and get its acknowledgement. 1.45 crore voters of Delhi will be involved in this process.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that if the house is found locked then the BLO will try to go there at least three times. He told that the draft of the voter list will be published on August 5. Claims and objections can be filed from August 5 to September 4. Along with this, all claims and objections will be settled by October 3. There itself
The final voter list will be published on October 7.
He said that only genuine and eligible voters will have to fill the enumeration form and submit it. He said that to maintain transparency in the electoral list, arrangements for scrutiny and appeal have been made at several levels. He said that if any doubt or discrepancy is found in the details of any voter, ERO will first publish the draft voter list. In cases where there is discrepancy, notices will be issued to the person concerned. He said that the final decision will be taken only after listening to all the parties. Even after this, there is a provision to appeal. He said that there is a two-level appeal system for the voters. If dissatisfied with the decision of ERO, voters can file an appeal before the DM or DO. If the DM's decision is not satisfactory, then a second appeal can be made to the Chief Electoral Officer i.e. CEO.
On the people rendered homeless due to large-scale demolition in Delhi, CEO Ashok Kumar said that houses will not be available where demolition has taken place. In such a situation, the names of the people living there will not appear in the electoral roll. They can lodge their objection later through Form 6 as they will have a new address.
If we look at the figures of current voters of Delhi, the total voters are 1,45,10,298. These include 77,11,132 males, 67,98,142 females, 1,024 third gender, 76,155 disabled (PWD), 3,29,130 voters in the age group of 18-19 years and 192 voters aged 100 years or more. In Delhi, there are 13,033 polling stations spread across seven Lok Sabha constituencies and 70 assembly constituencies.
