Special Summary Revision Camps in Gautam Buddha Nagar on Oct 17, 24

Special Revision Camps will be held on October 17 and 24 in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. These camps aim to ensure eligible voters who were omitted from the electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise on April 10 are registered. The Chief Electoral Officer ordered these camps to be conducted. Booth Level Officers (BLO) must be present at each polling station from 10 am to 4 pm for both days.

Election officers met with supervisors on Wednesday and instructed them to coordinate with the BLO’s to inform them about the new voters added due to the SIR process. This is amid controversy over irregularities in the SIR exercise, where over 13 crore names were deleted from draft rolls in 30 states and Union Territories. An Indian Express investigation on September 23 attributed the issue to an internal rift within the Election Commission.

The Commission then directed 20 states and Union Territories to run a “special drive” to include voters left out of the rolls. In Uttar Pradesh, 2.05 crore names were struck off from the final electoral roll, while 3.6 lakh from Gautam Buddha Nagar did not make it. The focus will be on first-time voters, women, and physical verification of voters aged 80. Third-gender citizens' details will be recorded or marked separately.