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Representatives of governmental parties person demanded an hold of the deadline for resolving concerns aired by the nationalist arsenic portion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rotation successful Ernakulam.
They highlighted the continuing gaps successful the SIR process astatine a gathering chaired by District Collector G. Priyanka (who is besides the District Election Officer) successful the beingness of Electoral Roll Observer Tinku Biswal present connected Monday.
MLAs T.J. Vinod, Anoop Jacob, Uma Thomas, and Anwar Sadath were among those who spoke. Concerns were raised regarding assorted issues, including proceeding of those excluded from the SIR draught list, alteration of polling booths, and enrolment of caller voters.
On the enrolment of caller voters arsenic per Form 6, Mr. Vinod said the online process was cumbersome and time-consuming. The process could beryllium made easier if booth-level officers (BLOs) accepted the exertion offline, helium said.
In a statement, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee vice-president Hibi Eden, MP, said the revision of the voters’ database nether the SIR was a substance of superior concern. He noted that determination had been respective lapses connected the portion of the Election Commission regarding the SIR.
There are galore objections to the presently published absent, shifted, and deceased (ASD) voters list, helium said, adding that helium had written to the Chief Election Commissioner with a petition to resoluteness the issues with utmost urgency.
“It has been observed that BLOs person not actively participated successful the process successful galore places. There are 2,06,061 radical successful the territory successful the no-mapping category. This is simply a ample number. The existent stance taken by the Commission is to sabotage the predetermination process,” alleged Mr. Eden.
