Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission has expedited the process of electoral roll revision ahead of the election to urban local bodies in the state in November.
The UP State Election Commission has directed the district magistrates to complete the draft revised roll as per the schedule announced by the poll panel. It has fixed October 31 as the date for the publication of draft electoral rolls after revision.
State Election Commissioner Manoj Kumar on Wednesday conducted video conferencing with the district magistrates and reviewed the progress of the electoral roll revision work. He asked the district magistrates to ensure that the final rolls are published on November 18.
Kumar directed the district magistrates to daily monitor the progress of the roll revision and ensure that not even a single voter is left out from inclusion in the rolls. He also asked the district magistrates to ensure that no ineligible voter’s name was added in the rolls.
The poll panel will also offer the facility of online registration of voters from November 1 and it will continue till November 4. The poll panel has directed the district magistrates to ensure maximum publicity of the online facility for the registration of new voters.
The state election commissioner on Wednesday held video conferencing with the district magistrates of Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Aligarh, Hathras, Etah, Kasganj, Mathura, Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Basti, Siddharthnagar,, Hardoi, Lalitpur and Sonbhadra.