Mobilising its cadres for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in Haryana, the Congress has urged them to keep a vigil on any attempts to make bogus entries in voter lists.
Former minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav held a meeting of party workers and office-bearers at his residence in Rewari recently to discuss the SIR campaign and booth-level agents (BLA)-2 mechanism. He asked the workers to pay attention to the voter list revision process in their respective areas and create awareness among people regarding the prescribed forms — Form 6 (inclusion of new voters), Form 7 (corrections and objections), and Form 8 (removal of ineligible or bogus voters).
He said particular attention must be given to urban areas, where irregularities and bogus entries were more likely to occur. He reiterated that the Congress remained committed to protecting the Constitution, democracy and the rights of common citizens.
Earlier this week, a meeting of senior leaders, booth-level agents and party workers of the Narnaul Assembly constituency was held under the chairmanship of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Rao Narender Singh.
The meeting discussed the SIR campaign and formulated a strategy for its effective monitoring and implementation at the organisational level. He said an error-free voter list was essential for strengthening democracy.
He urged party office-bearers and workers to visit households and encourage people to verify their names in the electoral rolls.
Satbir Jhukiya, president of the Mahendragarh District Congress Committee, said responsibilities were being assigned to party workers at the block and booth levels to ensure that no eligible voter was left out during the revision process.
Krishna Rao, BLA-1 from Narnaul, emphasised the need for awareness drives in rural areas to familiarise people with the procedures for adding, deleting, and correcting names in voter lists.
