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Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vivek Yadav connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) called upon each governmental parties to cooperate successful preparing cleanable and close electoral rolls, describing elector lists arsenic the cornerstone of democracy. Chairing a gathering with representatives of governmental parties astatine the State Secretariat, helium reviewed the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 programme successful accordance with the guidelines of the Election Commission of India.
Mr. Yadav said accelerated urbanisation, migration for acquisition and employment, and demographic changes implicit the past 2 decades had led to issues specified arsenic deceased persons remaining connected elector lists, duplicate registrations, and names of migrated persons not being removed. He said concerns raised by governmental parties and nationalist representatives implicit the prime of electoral rolls had prompted the broad revision workout to fortify antiauthoritarian credibility.
The CEO said the SIR-2026 programme successful Andhra Pradesh would beryllium conducted with July 1, 2026, arsenic the qualifying date. Preparatory activities, training, and printing of enumeration forms would instrumentality spot from June 5 to June 14, portion Booth Level Officers (BLOs) would behaviour door-to-door organisation and postulation of forms betwixt June 15 to July 14.
The draught electoral rotation volition beryllium published connected July 21, followed by claims and objections until August 20. After hearings and disposal of objections, the last elector database volition beryllium released connected September 22, 2026.
Mr. Yadav said Aadhaar serves lone arsenic impervious of individuality and not ineligible impervious of citizenship oregon residence. He assured that nary voter’s sanction would beryllium deleted without owed enquiry and a reasoned order. He appealed to citizens and governmental parties to widen afloat practice for the palmy implementation of the revision exercise.
