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The Election Commission of India (EC) has extended the play for filing claims and objections nether the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rotation up to January 30 successful Kerala.
Earlier, the play was fixed from December 23, erstwhile the draught electoral was published, to January 22.
The EC determination has travel against the backdrop of the Supreme Court advising the canvass assemblage to see the desirability of extending the ‘claims and objections period’ suitably. The Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) besides had requested the EC to widen the ‘claims and objections period’. The EC determination was made nationalist done a notification connected Sunday.
‘Errors person crept in’
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], has asked the EC to debar causing hardships to citizens successful the sanction of ‘logical discrepancies’ (inconsistencies and errors) successful the entries. In a connection connected Sunday, CPI(M) State caput M.V. Govindan said the errors person crept successful in the draught rotation prepared by the Commission, and the voters cannot beryllium held liable for them.
The errors, helium said, would scope from the mistakes caused by the Commission successful entering the name, property oregon code successful the 2002 SIR rotation to different typographical oregon clerical errors. A concern has present arisen wherever clerical errors caused by the Commission are threatening the rights of citizens to formed their votes, Mr. Govindan said. It could besides beryllium suspected that the bundle being utilized by the EC is not error-proof, helium added.
The CPI(M) has demanded the EC’s urgent involution successful this matter. Mr. Govindan said that the booth-level officers (BLO) themselves tin rectify these errors without inconveniencing the voters.
