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Minister for Industries P. Rajeeve has expressed concerns implicit the chances of persons figuring successful the ‘no mapping list’ successful Ernakulam territory arsenic portion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls getting excluded from the last list.
Of the full 2,06,061 radical included successful this class successful the district, notices for hearings had been delivered to lone astir 4,642 persons, arsenic the process was scheduled to statesman connected Tuesday and reason connected January 28, helium said present connected Monday.
He said that the Thripunithura Assembly constituency has the highest fig of persons figuring successful the ‘no mapping’ database — 33,023. In Ernakulam and Thrikkakara, the corresponding figures were 26,544 and 24,650 respectively, helium added.
‘Exemption denied’
Mr. Rajeeve pointed retired that the State Election Commission had initially said that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) would verify the documents of those included successful the ‘no mapping’ database and upload them, with a presumption to exempting them from hearings. The BLOs person already uploaded the documents of astir 52,216 specified persons successful Ernakulam. However, the committee is present saying that they should besides look for hearings, helium said.
The Minister said that the contented could person been easy avoided had the committee implemented its earlier assurance that hearings could beryllium dispensed with successful cases wherever electors taxable capable documents and these are examined and recovered satisfactory astatine the level of the electoral registration serviceman successful each constituency.
He added that the authorities would acceptable up assistance desks successful each colony offices to assistance the nationalist and guarantee that their names fig successful the last rolls. At slightest 2 officials would beryllium deployed astatine each assistance desk, helium said.
The Minister said that the authorities does not clasp the presumption that the inclusion of persons nether the ‘no mapping’ database targets immoderate community. However, cipher should suffer the close to workout their franchise due to the fact that of method errors, helium added.
