Parties appoint 1.5 lakh booth level agents in Bihar, BJP accounts for 51k
Parties are allowed to appoint one such agent for each polling booth in order to work with the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) appointed by the ECI for the revision of the electoral roll.
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Around 1.5 lakh booth level agents (BLAs) have been appointed by political parties in Bihar, with 51,964 appointed by the BJP alone, Election Commission sources said on Sunday.
Out of the 1.54 lakh BLAs registered, the BJP has the highest number, followed by the RJD (47,143), the Janata Dal (United) (27,931) and the Congress (8,586), the EC sources said.
Parties are allowed to appoint one such agent for each polling booth in order to work with the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) appointed by the ECI for the revision of the electoral roll.
The sources said the political parties were actively participating in the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll that was announced on June 24. The final electoral roll is scheduled to be published on September 30, ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls due in October-November.
“All political parties are in the process of appointing more and more BLAs for proper verification of the electoral rolls,” an EC source said.
Bihar has 77,895 booths so far and 20,603 new polling booths are being set up, the EC said on Saturday.
The EC, this time, is preparing the rolls afresh as opposed to the annual special summary revisions and the revisions before each Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
All 7.89 crore registered electors have to submit enumeration forms by July 25. Those who were not on the rolls as on January 1, 2003, around 2.93 crore electors, in addition have to submit documents establishing their eligibility — that is proving their place of residence and citizenship.
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