Chief electoral officers (CEOs) of several states and Union territories have said no eligible voter will be left out of the electoral rolls, announcing special enrolment camps at polling stations, schools and colleges as part of a drive ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Announced via CEOs’ official social media handles on Monday, this comes amid nationwide protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demands for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In Jharkhand, officials inspected special camps at polling stations in Bhojudih, among other places. Chhattisgarh’s 33 DEOs have launched a similar drive across 27,196 booths, and camps are also being held in schools and colleges. Kerala said camps are being held at village offices for all 30,471 booths across its 14 districts. In Odisha, camps are being organised at 45,250 polling booths across the state. In Ladakh, electors are being facilitated through 595 polling stations. It listed 14,947 BLOs, 902 AEROs, 70 EROs and 13 DEOs for grievances.
In Rajasthan, 41 district election officers (DEOs) have started a “proactive campaign”, with camps being held at 61,404 booths, the state CEO said. The Lakshadweep administration said special camps are being held across the Union territory. Delhi’s CEO said about 3.3 million entries in the capital’s voter list had been flagged under “logical discrepancy” or as un-mapped, and around 2 million of them have been resolved.
