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The Election Commission of India (EC) has informed the State authorities that the deadlines for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rotation cannot beryllium extended anymore, Chief Electoral Officer (Kerala) Rathan U. Kelkar said connected Tuesday.
Addressing a property league present successful transportation with the work of the draught electoral roll, Mr. Kelkar said the EC had informed Chief Secretary A. Jayathilak connected Monday itself that a two-week hold had been fixed earlier acknowledging the requirements of the State. The EC has besides informed the Chief Secretary that nary much extensions tin beryllium given, Mr. Kelkar said.
In a missive to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar connected Monday, the Kerala authorities had sought hold of the deadline for submitting enumeration forms nether SIR, observing that astir 25 lakh radical could beryllium excluded nether the contiguous situation. The authorities had wanted the deadline to beryllium extended by astatine slightest 2 weeks.
In his missive to the EC, Mr. Jayathilak had listed retired definite shortcomings successful the SIR exercise. He had conveyed the Kerala government’s apprehension that a important fig of voters whitethorn beryllium excluded from the draught rolls.
Mr. Kelkar besides added that the appraisal is that booth-level officers (BLO) person carried retired their enactment well.
Mr. Kelkar said his bureau is focusing connected radical successful the 18 to 30 property radical to get them enrolled successful the voters’ list.
According to him, lone 60% successful this property radical is presently connected the rolls. Election officials are conducting consciousness programmes successful acquisition institutions to promote young radical to enroll successful the voters’ database and besides formed their ballot successful elections, helium said.
Mr. Kelkar was responding to a concern wherever its caller draught rolls has 31.63 lakh voters little compared to the rolls maintained by the State Election Commission, which handles elections to the section bodies. While the draught rotation of the EC, which conducts Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, has 2.54 crore voters, the SEC has 2.86 crore voters connected its rolls.
