Uttar Pradesh SIR Draft Released, 2.89 Crore Voters Deleted - Check Details

New Delhi: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise draft list for Uttar Pradesh has been released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday. According to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), approximately 2.89 crore voters -- 18.70 per cent -- names have been deleted from the draft electoral roll. These names have been removed due to deaths, permanent migration or multiple registrations.In another outcome of the SIR exercise, out of the 15.44 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh, names of 12.55 crore -- 81.30 per cent -- have been retained in the draft electoral, UP CEO said.After the release of the draft electoral roll, voters may not be able to find their names in the draft list can raise claims and objections with the poll body from January

6 to February 6, as informed by the UP CEO.

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ALSO READ | Mamata Flags ‘Deaths, Fear and Inhumane Treatment' in SIR, Says Will Move Supreme CourtRinwa said the Election Commission had undertaken a door-to-door enumeration drive in which enumeration forms were to be filled and signed by voters or their family members.While the exercise was originally scheduled to end on December 11, the state sought an additional 15 days after noticing that the names of a large number of voters, nearly 2.97 crore, were getting excluded from the draft list.

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Meanwhile, in another development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission was using mobile applications developed by the BJP’s IT cell to conduct the ongoing SIR exercise in the state.Speaking to reporters before concluding her two-day visit to Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas district to oversee preparations for the upcoming Gangasagar Mela, Banerjee accused the EC of "resorting to all kinds of wrong moves” while conducting the electoral roll revision.“The EC is resorting to all kinds of wrong moves for conducting the SIR. It is marking eligible voters as ‘dead’ and forcing the elderly, ill and indisposed to attend hearings. It is making use of mobile apps developed by the BJP’s IT cell for the exercise. This is illegal, unconstitutional and undemocratic. This cannot go on,” the chief minister alleged.The TMC supremo’s fresh set of allegations against the poll panel was made on a day when her party MP Derek O’Brien moved the Supreme Court against the EC, claiming it has taken recourse to “arbitrary and procedurally irregular actions” for conducting the ongoing SIR in West Bengal.The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has “substantially aggravated difficulties faced by eligible and bona fide electors” in the state, the TMC alleged.With inputs from PTI