After CM Yogi Adityanath's post-SIR voter list concerns, UP BJP on overdrive

New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's concerns over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, BJP's state unit has launched a month-long, booth-level campaign to ensure that no "genuine voter" is left out of the electoral rolls.

The party has also suggested facilitating the inclusion of at least 50 eligible voters' names at every polling booth, sources said.

Earlier this week, Adityanath had claimed in a television interview that 1.27 crore Hindu voters had been excluded from the electoral rolls in UP while the number of Muslim voters had increased by 1.65%. He had even questioned how the names of so many Hindu voters had gone missing and who was responsible for their exclusion.


On Friday, BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit organised a workshop on the special summary revision (SSR) of electoral rolls, attended by Adityanath and chaired by deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, along with state BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary.

The workshop focused on preparing party workers for the revision exercise, with training sessions on the use of Form 6 for inclusion of eligible voters' names in the electoral rolls. A detailed plan of action was also drawn up for the next one month, sources said.

Around 700 workers associated with electoral roll operations at the assembly and district levels participated in the workshop. The participants included regional presidents, regional in-charges and IT coordinators.

Workers were trained in conducting door-to-door verification of electoral rolls and identifying eligible voters whose names may have been left out. The party has asked its booth-level workers to help such voters complete the necessary formalities for inclusion in the rolls, with a suggested target of at least 50 names at each booth.

Speaking after the meeting, Chaudhary said, "The Election Commission is doing its job, but as BJP workers and people in public life, it is our responsibility to ensure that no citizen's name is missing from the voters' list."

Pathak told ET that while the Election Commission was carrying out its mandate, BJP had a responsibility to ensure that no genuine voter was left out. "With this commitment, BJP workers across the state, at every polling booth, will assist people over the next one month in getting their names included in the voter lists in all genuine cases," Pathak said.