CEO to Release Draft Electoral Roll on Monday
The names of voters in the ASDD (absent, shifted, dead and duplicate), numbering about 73.39 lakh, will not be published in the draft electoral roll.
Hyderabad:Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C. Sudarshan Reddy will release the draft voter list for Telangana on Monday, as part of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll, after which the Election Commission of India (ECI) will start issuing notices to certain categories.
The claims and objections period starts immediately and will end on September 16. “Voters with anomalies are most likely to get notices from Electoral Registration Officers (ERO),” an official said, referring to people who have ‘logical discrepancies’ in their name, father’s name, age between siblings, age difference with parents and some other categories. Their number stands at about 60 lakh.
The names of voters in the ASDD (absent, shifted, dead and duplicate), numbering about 73.39 lakh, will not be published in the draft electoral roll.
The notices for voters with anomalies, printed with the elector’s details. will be sent from ECI's office. Voters who fail to find their names in the draft list can file claims to reclaim their votes, sources informed.
The disposal of claims and objections also starts on Monday, and will continue for an additional month and conclude on October 15. Tribunals will also be set up in case of unresolved disputes like deletion of vote following the EROs decision. The final electoral roll will be published on October 19.
During the time till September 16, the ECI has allowed booth level agents of different political parties distinctive provisions for filing claims and objections.
There are over 49,000 BLAs across Telangana, including 25,160 from Hyderabad district registered with the Election Commission of India. In the city, from 10 recognised political parties, the Congress has 3,601 BLAs, BJP 3,044, BRS 2,212, AIMIM 2,519, TD (six), CPM (nine), BSP (seven). Each of the BLAs from a recognised political party may submit 50 forms per day as well 20 each for Form 6 (for registering as new voter) and Form 7 (deletion or objection) and up to 10 under Form 8 (for shifting or correction or replacement of EPIC or marking PwD). These claims can be verified not only by poll authorities, but also BLAs from rival political parties, sources said.
