Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa laid out the roadmap for the state’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 on Saturday, stressing rule-bound deletions from voter lists. The drive to make rolls error-free continues, with claims and objections accepted up to March 6, 2026.
Dead voters, relocators, doubles, and no-shows face scrutiny through Form-7 only. “Deletions are essential for list purity,” Rinwa affirmed, pointing to the 1960 Rules’ Rule 13(2) that channels all add/remove requests via this form.
Eligibility is tight: only listed voters qualify, furnishing name, EPIC number, mobile, and specifics. Bulk apps? No dice. Individuals or families via post or in-person, yes.
Form-10 lists of objections hit notice boards daily, party HQs weekly, and district sites round-the-clock—linked from the CEO’s page for easy access.
Hearings are procedural gold standards: notices (Form-13 to objectors, Form-14 to targets), BLO ground truths, 7+ day waits, then verdicts. This shields against hasty errors.
Rinwa vowed no disenfranchisement of valid voters. In UP’s high-stakes political arena, this revision could recalibrate power dynamics by authenticating the electorate. As deadlines loom, awareness campaigns urge timely participation, blending tech and tradition for flawless rolls.