Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday has urged the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to withdraw the state government’s notification regarding the Population Register Collection (PRC) exercise, alleging that it is unconstitutional and amounts to an attempt to implement a “backdoor NRC” in Karnataka. The delegation also sought constitutional intervention in the matter.In a memorandum submitted to Chief Electoral Officer V. Anbu Kumar, the BJP lea…
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Shillong, July 14 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) B.D.R. Tiwari on Tuesday said that the Special Intensive Revision exercise is progressing steadily across all 12 districts of the state. He appealed to all eligible voters to actively participate in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 of the electoral rolls and ensure that every eligible citizen is enrolled. He urged electors who have not yet completed the process to cooperate with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during their hou…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday modified the schedule for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, setting October 3 as the date for final publication of the voters’ list in both states.While the qualifying date for both states will be July 1, the ECI has decided that the draft publication of the electoral rolls will take place on July 31 in both Andhra Pradesh and Haryana.The house-to-house visits by BLOs wi…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) In a push towards ensuring electoral accuracy, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday addressed an awareness meeting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in his Rohini constituency. At an event held in Rohini’s Sector-9, Gupta stressed that a clean and updated electoral roll is the foundation of a healthy democracy, said a statement.The Speaker urged residents to actively cooperate with booth-level officers during this intensive phase to eliminate …
New Delhi, Jul 12 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday refuted claims that the “mandatory provisions for new applicants seeking inclusion in electoral rolls to provide details of their parents’ status from the previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is a new exercise”. The poll body sources said that this requirement was started last year in Bihar. This requirement applies not only to existing voters missed in earlier SIR exercises but also to fresh applicants filling Form 6…
Bengaluru, July 11 (IANS) Describing the Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) being issued by the state Congress government as a “devious strategy to protect illegal immigrants and consolidate its vote bank”, Karnataka BJP President and MLA B. Y. Vijayendra on Saturday said his party would explore legal options to challenge the constitutional validity of the PRC.The party will also submit a petition to the Governor against this “patently illogical and unconstitutional” move, he stated.Vijayendr…
Mysuru, July 11 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, describing him as a “mask Chief Minister”. Ashoka alleged that Shivakumar was misleading the people of Karnataka and claimed that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh had become the Karnataka government’s vote bank.He was speaking at a felicitation ceremony for newly elected MLC Raghu R. Kautilya, organised by the …
Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday met Telangana Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju and demanded that the State government consider issuing Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) or Family Register Certificate to electors of the state in the ongoing SIR in Telangana. The Hyderabad MP said he, along with Faheem Qureshi, president and vice chairman of Telangana Minority Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS), met the Chief Secretary and demanded that the Re…
Bengaluru, July 10 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, on Friday accused the Karnataka government of deliberately delaying elections to local bodies, including the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and zilla panchayats, and alleged that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was being used as a pretext to postpone the civic polls.It can be noted that the Karnataka government has sought an extension from the Supreme Court till December 31 to conduct e…
Ranchi, July 10 (IANS) Jharkhand will organise ‘Chunav Pathshalas’ at all polling stations across the state on July 14 to make the voter verification process more transparent and participatory under Special Intensive Revision (SIR).During these sessions, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will publicly read out the list of voters marked under the ASDD category — Absent, Shifted, Dead, and Duplicate (registered at more than one location) — to facilitate verification of the electoral rolls.The init…