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Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Assam's anti-CAA committee opposes proposed SIR of electoral rolls in state
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Guwahati: The Coordination Committee Against Citizenship Amendment Act , Assam has opposed the proposed special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the of the Committee Dr Hiren Gohain and its chief coordinator Deben Tamuli alleged around 65 lakh people are affected in Bihar due to the ongoing statement added that SIR is an attempt to deprive poor people who migrate to other states in search of livelihood. Due to the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise from 2009 to 2019 people in Assam had to face a lot of difficulty in collecting different documents to include their name in the NRC list. But later, the government rejected the list and introduced the CAA'.The committee added, 'We believe a special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Assam will deprive the Muslim people, whose names were included in the NRC, from their voting rights and will grant voter rights to the Hindu Bangladeshi people who are not eligible under the CAA.'Preparation for SIR in Assam gathers momentum. Booth level officers (BLO) are appointed, and training is conducted. Assam Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anurag Goel has issued instructions to all District Election Officers (DEOs) to ensure immediate a directive dated August 4, the CEO stressed that all Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant EROs (AEROs), and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) must be in position before the SIR schedule is declared. Additional BLOs for newly created polling stations post-rationalisation should be identified in advance, ready for appointment once ECI approval is Assam Congress has started training of around 29,000 Booth Level Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday announced a two-week-long campaign titled "Vote Chore, Gaddi Chore" aimed at combating voter fraud in the state. The Congress leader said the party has started training of around 29,000 Booth Level campaign will begin Thursday with statewide candlelight said that from August 24 to 30, party representatives and agents from all 28,800 polling booths in Assam will be invited to various locations to receive exclusive training on preventing voter theft, fraud, and misrepresentation."We have started a training programme for the BLAs. We concluded the first round of training two days ago. By August-end, we will hold a week-long training programme in 35 districts. In the first module, we are briefing them on how voter list manipulation has been undertaken in Maharashtra and in Karnataka. We will share the evidence that Rahul Gandhi's team has provided," Gogoi added that the booth-level training is aimed to equip booth-level workers with the skills needed to safeguard the electoral process. The campaign ends on August 31 with a mega workers' meet themed "Vote Chore, Gaddi Chore - Choki Erok" in said that the Congress is also preparing its legal team to help BLAs to file claims and objections at a later stage.
NDTV
3 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Assam Congress To Train 29,000 Booth Agents To Check Against Voter List Manipulation
As opposition parties continue their protests against the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, called the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Assam Congress is preparing a strategy to counter any voter list manipulation as the state gears up to hold a similar exercise ahead of polls next year. Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday announced a two-week-long campaign titled "Vote Chore, Gaddi Chore" aimed at combating voter fraud in the state. The Congress leader said the party has started training of around 29,000 Booth Level Agents. The campaign will begin Thursday with statewide candlelight marches. In its second phase, from August 24 to 30, party representatives and agents from all 28,800 polling booths in Assam will be invited to various locations to receive exclusive training on preventing voter theft, fraud, and misrepresentation. "We have started a training programme for the BLAs. We concluded the first round of training two days ago. By August-end, we will hold a week-long training programme in 35 districts. In the first module, we are briefing them on how voter list manipulation has been undertaken in Maharashtra and in Karnataka. We will share the evidence that Rahul Gandhi's team has provided," Mr Gogoi told reporters at Jorhat today. Mr Gogoi added that the booth-level training is aimed to equip booth-level workers with the skills needed to safeguard the electoral process. The campaign ends on August 31 with a mega workers' meet themed "Vote Chore, Gaddi Chore - Choki Erok" in Dibrugarh. Mr Gogoi said that the Congress is also preparing its legal team to help BLAs to file claims and objections at a later stage. Meanwhile, official sources said that preparation for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Assam has been initiated and training for booth level officers (BLO) will take place within a week. Earlier, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma higjlighted that in some places the names of dead persons and married women are there in voters' list and SIR will help correct that. "In Assam in char areas (riverine) and some other areas, even dead people's names are there in the voter list in large numbers. They do not delete it. Even married daughters' names are there. The voting percentage in these areas is around 100 per cent. Once SIR comes and voter list names are linked with Aadhaar, this problem will be solved," said Mr Sarma.
