Monitor News Bureau
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir is among the three states/UTs where Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will not be held in the next phase.
The decision comes after the Election Commission of India announced to conduct SIR in 16 states and 3 Union Territories (UTs).
“The SIR of Electoral Rolls will cover the entire country in Phase-III except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. After considering the completion of Phase-II of the Census in these three states/UTs and due consideration of the weather in the upper reaches/snow-bound areas, the SIR schedule for these three states/UTs will be announced later,” said the EC.
The schedule of SIR Phase-III has been fixed keeping in view the common field machinery with the ongoing house listing of the Census.
During SIR Phase-III, over 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will go house-to-house to 36.73 crore electors, assisted by 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties during the Enumeration Phase. State/UT-wise details of BLOs and BLAs are at Annexure-II.
SIR is a participative exercise involving all stakeholders, including electors, political parties, and election officials. ECI requests all political parties to appoint BLAs for each Polling Booth, in order to ensure full participation of political parties, so that SIR is conducted with complete transparency and full participation of political parties.
In the first two phases of the SIR in 13 States/UTs covering nearly 59 crore electors as on the date of the order of the SIR in the respective States/UTs, over 6.3 lakh BLOs and 9.2 lakh BLAs appointed by political parties were involved in various stages of the SIR process.