Ranchi: Jharkhand RJD’s youth wing on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar and gheraoed the Dhurwa-based Election Commission (EC) office in protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. They also demanded the resignation of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.RJD youth state president Ranjan Yadav said, “It is the EC’s responsibility to protect the voting rights of every eligible citizen and ensure that no one is excluded during SIR. The process should be simple and transparent so that the poor, labourers, migrant workers, Dalits, backward communities, and tribals do not face difficulties.”All data related to additions, deletions, and changes in the electoral rolls should be made public. Time-bound disposal of all complaints related to the SIR process should be ensured to prevent arbitrary voter exclusion, the memorandum stated.Demanding CEC Kumar’s resignation, Yadav said, “It is necessary to maintain impartiality and transparency in the election process besides public faith in the commission.”Carrying banners bearing slogans linked to their demands, party workers said that before any name was deleted from the electoral rolls, the person concerned must be served proper notice and given adequate time to present claims and objections.
