Only 21 per cent of the voter verification and revision work had been completed in Hyderabad, says Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar
HYDERABAD — Telangana Congress has urged the Election Commission to extend the deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. A delegation led by Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar met Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Sudarshan Reddy on Tuesday and apprised him of the slow pace of the ongoing SIR exercise.
Addressing the media after the meeting, Prabhakar said the voter revision process in Hyderabad was progressing at a very slow pace. “Only 21 per cent of the voter verification and revision work had been completed in the city. There are only 10 days left for the process to be completed as per the existing deadline,” he said.
As the remaining time is inadequate to complete the process, he said they have urged the Election Commission to extend the SIR deadline and provide more time for voter registration and revision.
The minister said Hyderabad has around 4,500 polling stations, but the verification drive in urban areas was not being carried out effectively. He further claimed that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) had failed to visit households in several localities and that complaints had been received about eligible voters not being provided the necessary forms for the revision process.
Separately, Prabhakar also accused the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of politicising public issues and misleading the people over the Kaleshwaram project.
Speaking to reporters after meeting AICC state in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan here, the minister alleged that the Kaleshwaram project had suffered structural damage even before the Congress government assumed office.
