Pan-India SIR: EC to hold presser on Monday evening; may appoint volunteers for Bengal

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India is acceptable to clasp a presser connected October 27 to denote pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list, PTI reported citing officials. The canvass assemblage mightiness besides employment volunteers to assistance booth-level officers (BLOs) during a probable peculiar intensive revision of electoral rolls successful West Bengal.Although afloat details are yet to beryllium released, the EC is expected to denote the archetypal signifier of the SIR, covering 10 to 15 states, including those scheduled for Assembly elections successful 2026. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry are scheduled to spell to polls coming year.Regarding Bengal, the authoritative said that the volunteers volition astir apt beryllium selected from authorities employees successful each artifact for the upcoming exercise."This is astatine the readying stage... These assistants volition assistance the BLOs capable retired enumeration forms and whitethorn besides beryllium deployed arsenic substitutes, if required," PTI. quoted the authoritative saying."As a effect of this headdress connected the fig of voters per booth, the fig of polling booths successful the authorities is apt to summation by astir 14,000, from the existing 80,000 to astir 94,000," they added.