Chandigarh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded extension of last date of revision of voters list in the city.
A delegation of city BJP led by its president Sanjay Tandon along with other senior leaders met UT Home Secretary-cum-UT Chief Electoral officer and submitted a memorandum demanding extension of last date of revision of voters list up to November 15. The process of revision of voter list was initiated on October 1 and ended on October 31 in the city. Tandon stressed upon the need to simply the procedure of inclusion of names in the voters list and said that many residents of the city are facing lot of problem as their registration forms are not accepted by the concerned BlO on one or the other pretext.
The main problem is for those who are having no documentary evidence of their date of birth being illiterate and unemployed. “The prescribed format for illiterate or semi-illiterate applicant is not provided to the applicants and they are asked to bring the proof of date of birth. The Aadhar card or the receipt of the Aadhar card is denied at several places creating lot of problem to the applicants, he said.
The party also demanded that clear instructions be given to the concerned officials not to harass the applicants and help them in enrolling their names in the voters list. Tandon said that the extension in last date would help more people to get their names included in voters list and provide a chance to them to participate in electing right people to represent them in Parliament. Anil Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer assured the delegation that he will take up the matter with the Election Commission and will make effort to extend the date as done in some other states.