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Congress seeks speedy disposal of pending SIR cases in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Nov 12 (UNI) The Jharkhand Congress on Thursday demanded speedy and transparent disposal of pending cases under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing a large number of unresolved mapping discrepancies and applications.
Congress general secretaries Suryakant Shukla and Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo attended a meeting convened by Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar with representatives of recognised political parties to discuss the SIR process.
Speaking after the meeting, the Congress leaders said the Election Commission had extended the SIR deadline following the party's sustained efforts. They said a joint meeting of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Booth Level Agents-II (BLA-2) of political parties would be held at all polling stations on November 18.
During the exercise, voters whose names had been deleted due to their inclusion in the ASDD list would be given another opportunity to fill out enumeration forms, they said.
Shahdeo said the ASDD list published on August 5 would be read out and verified again on November 18. Eligible voters whose names had been left out would be able to submit forms afresh. Pending notices would also be reviewed, while Form 6 would be used to enrol new voters.
Citing figures, Shahdeo said 17.53 lakh cases were still pending in the state. These included nine lakh cases of non-mapping, 6.12 lakh cases involving logical discrepancies and 2.15 lakh cases in other categories, besides another 26,000 cases.
He also cited pending applications, including 5.78 lakh Form 6 applications, 1.35 lakh Form 7 applications and one lakh Form 8 applications. The party demanded their early disposal.
Shahdeo appealed to Indian citizens in the state who had attained 18 years of age by October 1, 2026, but were yet to be enrolled as voters, to send their names, details, Assembly constituency and polling station number to the Chief Electoral Officer's office WhatsApp number, 6200079297.
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