A BRS delegation met Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudarshan Reddy, seeking clarification over the electoral roll preparation schedule for two Graduates’ constituencies. The party flagged discrepancies between the graduate voter enrolment timeline and the Special Intensive Revision schedule, urging the Election Commission to modify procedures to avoid difficulties for eligible voters.
Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudharshan Reddy directed officials to ensure every eligible voter is included in the final electoral roll while removing names of deceased and permanently migrated persons. He stressed verification, error-free SIR implementation and voter awareness.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has urged the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer to ensure greater transparency and accessibility during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The party has sought data sharing, multilingual forms, clear verification procedures and voter-friendly measures.
The Telangana Prantha Upadhyaya Sangam urged the CEO to exempt teachers from Booth Level Officer duties, citing disruption to teaching and learning as the academic year ends. TPUS proposed using non-teaching staff for election responsibilities instead.
The Election Commission has cautioned West Bengal poll officials to treat any irregularity or security breach during hearings on claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls seriously, directing strict corrective and disciplinary action where required.
The ECI said that duplicate EPIC numbers resulted from an outdated manual system used before the introduction of the ERONET platform, leading to the same alphanumeric series being assigned to different voters in separate States
The Delhi unit of the BJP has urged the Election Commission to implement special checks for women wearing burqas. In the recent Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, their candidate publicly insulted and harassed Muslim women.