Delhi SIR: 20 Lakh Cases Resolved After 33 Lakh Voters Get Notices
Delhi election officials have resolved 20 lakh out of 33 lakh cases involving logical discrepancies in electoral rolls. The Election Commission is conducting special camps to ensure all eligible voters are included before the final list is published in December.
Why it matters
Ensuring accurate electoral rolls is fundamental to the integrity of the democratic process in India's capital.
Election officials have resolved as many as 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh in Delhi where voters were issued notices under SIR for logical discrepancies or for not being mapped in the 2002 electoral rolls, according to an official statement.If any person has any grievance, they can "feel free to contact any of the 14,947 BLOs, 902 AEROs, 70 EROs, 13 DEOs or the Chief Electoral Officer Delhi", the office of Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said in a statement."We had started a proactive campaign to resolve these issues," it said and added that so far around 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh have been resolved.The CEO, Delhi and the Election Commission of India (ECI) are committed to ensuring that no eligible voter is left out of the electoral roll, it said.Special camps are also being held where the booth-level officers (BLOs) assist the voters.
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