Booths have been set up at many places in the city to include names in the voter’s list, but form is not available at several booths. On Saturday, people were seen pestered for form at the booth set up at Amlideeh School. After giving one form, they have been asked to take 2-3 photocopies of the same. People are angry that officers and employees were sitting idle in the booths and start work only when the applicant brings the photocopy of the form.
Even before the Assembly election, work for including name in the voters’ list was going on, even then, several people have been left out without adding their name in the list. Now the Election Commission has re-started the work to add the names of left out people. For that, two to three officers and employees have been deployed at the booths set up at schools and Aanganbadi centres.
According to sources, form has been provided to the centres through the district electoral office, but the form has been finished at many booths, where people have been asked to bring photo copies.
large number of people is reaching at Amlideeh school booth from morning, but form is not available there. Situation is the same at many other booths, including Mahavir School Gudhiyari. Here people do not known when the officer and employees reach the booth, but their wait for adding name in the voter’s list continues.
The observer of booth number 148 to 158 Santosh Yadav said that he got hardly 250 forms for his 11 booths, which exhausted within two days. He had informed the matter to higher officers, but form has not been dispatched from their end. As such, nothing could be done. The work for including names in the voter’s list was started on December 16.
Deputy district electoral officer Padmini Bhoi said that the work for including names in voter’s list has been started in the city. Total 50,000 forms have been distributed to all the booths. Demand has been made for more forms and there would not be any shortage of forms in any booth. Sufficient forms have been sent to all booths.