Chandigarh: The Haryana Congress on Tuesday said it is fully alert to protect voters’ rights during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and has prepared a detailed strategy to monitor the process across the state. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Action and Monitoring Committee formed by the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) to review the voter list revision drive. Senior party leaders stressed that every eligible voter’s name must be included correctly in the electoral rolls, and no voter should be removed without proper verification.The meeting was attended by Haryana Congress chief Rao Narendra Singh, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress co-incharges Jitendra Baghel and Praful Gudhe, along with several senior leaders and MLAs. The Congress decision came within two days after BJP also formed strategies for SIR.Party leaders reviewed the progress of the SIR campaign and assigned responsibilities from district to booth level. Congress leaders said party workers would remain vigilant against any irregularities or negligence in the voter list revision process.A one-day training camp was also organised for District Congress Committee presidents and BLA-1 representatives from all 90 Assembly constituencies. During the session, National Connect Centre vice chairman Captain Arvind and his team trained workers on voter registration, correction of errors, updating records of deceased or shifted voters, and online as well as offline procedures.Leaders said trained workers would conduct door-to-door verification to ensure that no eligible voter is deprived of voting rights. The programme began with floral tributes to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. MSID: 131350843 413 |
