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The Chhattisgarh portion of the Congress enactment has written to the State Election Commission, seeking to widen the 1 period deadline for the Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list.
While the SIR is presently underway successful the State, the Congress sought to widen the deadline to 3 months arsenic “authentic and close information tin beryllium provided with capable time”.
Earlier this week, the enactment had expressed immoderate of its concerns astatine a property conference, and the latest missive documents these concerns.
In six points, the Congress has said that determination is simply a request to guarantee transparency and wide nationalist information successful the electoral rotation revision programme, highlighting issues related to logistics and timing.
“Much of Chhattisgarh is rural, tribal, and forested. Communication facilities successful these areas are limited, and galore villages are distant and deficiency capable connection oregon proscription facilities. Therefore, it takes clip for election-related accusation to scope people. Furthermore, citizens successful these areas people look difficulties successful decently storing oregon obtaining their documents (such arsenic individuality cards, residence proof, property proof, etc.),” the missive noted, underlining the request for much time.
It besides highlighted the caller floods successful Bastar that displaced galore families, damaged homes and property. “...local residents are inactive undergoing rehabilitation for those whose documents and individuality proofs person been destroyed oregon damaged,” the missive said.
That the paddy harvesting and threshing operations were underway successful agrarian areas, and farmers and villagers would beryllium busy, was besides highlighted successful the missive arsenic a origin for seeking the extension.
