Nishant Yadav

Gurugram, July 3 (HS). A meeting was held under the chairmanship of DC and District Election Officer Nishant Kumar Yadav in the conference hall of the Mini Secretariat regarding the successful conduct of the voter list revision program going on in the district from June 25. On Wednesday, the district president of the recognized political party and other administrative officers including the Assistant Election Officer attended the meeting.

In the meeting, District Election Officer Nishant Kumar Yadav gave detailed information regarding the conduct of the Photo Voter List Revision Program 2024 by the Election Commission, considering July 1, 2024 as the eligibility date. He informed that in this special revision program of the voter list, which is going on till July 18, the work of publishing the voter list format, filing claims and objections, resolving claims and objections, adding names in the voter list, correction and removal of the name of the dead voter will be done. He informed that according to this program, the BLO will go door-to-door and do the electoral verification work. During this, the names of those voters who have died will be removed. Also, the names of new voters of 18 years will be added and other works related to the voter list will be done. He instructed all the AROs to ensure in their respective areas that this work is being done with full seriousness by the BLO by going door to door.

Appeal for contribution from political parties too

The District Election Officer appealed to the representatives of all political parties to make their valuable contribution in making people aware. Help and make people aware for adding or correcting names in the voter list. Also, the representatives of all political parties were asked to provide the list of Booth Level Agents (BLA), who will assist the BLO in his work at the booth. He also asked for cooperation from the representatives of political parties in ensuring 100% voting, so that the name of not even a single eligible voter is left out in the voter list.

The DC said that apart from identifying polling stations with more than 1400 voters, information should also be collected about selecting a convenient location for polling stations which have become dilapidated and lack basic facilities. He said that after considering all the claims and objections under the special revision program, the final draft will be published on August 20.