With the publication of the draft voter list in Madhya Pradesh on November 9, the work of adding, deleting and modifying names will start. For the first time, two observers each have been appointed in Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar and Ujjain divisions having more than five districts. They will have to review the revision work of the voter list and report it three times. The final publication of the voter list will be done on January 5, 2023.
Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan said that the Divisional Commissioners have been made observers to monitor the revision work. The Election Commission had given instructions to appoint two officers in the divisions having more than five districts. Apart from Dr. Pawan Kumar Sharma, the Divisional Commissioner in Indore, Lokesh Kumar Jatav has also been made an observer.
Shobhit Jain with Sandeep Yadav in Ujjain, Dhananjay Singh Bhadauria with Mukesh Kumar Shukla in Sagar and Vivek Kumar Porwal with B. Chandrashekhar in Jabalpur division have been made supervisors.
The responsibility of Chambal division has been given to Dr.E Ramesh Kumar. Apart from this, the divisional commissioners have been made observers in other divisions. Districts have also been allotted to all of them so that the situation remains clear.
The observers will have to send the first report on December 8, the second on December 26 and the third on January 5 to the Chief Electoral Officer's office along with the Election Commission.
During the revision work of the voter list, the Booth Level Officer (BLO) will visit the polling station five days a week and door-to-door contact on two days (Saturday and Sunday). In this they will find out whether any eligible person has been deprived of inclusion of name in the voter list. If such a person is found, an application will be made to him. The officers of the Chief Electoral Officer's office will also visit the districts and see the revision work.