Kumar Bahukhandi
Chandrayangutta constituency recorded the highest performance at 51 per cent while it was 19 per cent Musheerabad where the process was affected by a shortage of enumeration forms.-Image-channel24india.com
Chandrayangutta constituency recorded the highest performance at 51 per cent while it was 19 per cent Musheerabad where the process was affected by a shortage of enumeration forms. Statewide, Nalgonda topped with 97 per cent coverage, followed by Sircilla at 96.
Hyderabad: With less than two-third of the voters covered in Telangana, and just about one third in the state capital, the Election Commission of India has extended the deadline for distribution and collection of enumeration forms for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll till July 24.
The earlier deadline was to expire on Wednesday. The enumeration forms process will continue in parallel with the house-to-house verification, the poll panel said.
Separately, following the Telangana High Court recommendation of Monday the Election Commission began distributing ‘dummy copies’ of the enumeration forms in Urdu where the language voter population was more than 20 per cent. These included the 15 Assembly constituencies of Hyderabad district and Nizamabad Urban.
According to data available at 8 pm, 2.16 crore forms were distributed across Telangana, representing 63.8 per cent of voters who took part in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the Hyderabad district comprising 15 Assembly constituencies, the figure stood at 35 per cent.
Chandrayangutta constituency recorded the highest performance at 51 per cent while it was 19 per cent Musheerabad where the process was affected by a shortage of enumeration forms. Statewide, Nalgonda topped with 97 per cent coverage, followed by Sircilla at 96.
“Voters who didn’t receive the forms need not worry as your booth level officer (BLO) will visit your household for enumeration form distribution as well as verification. The one week time wsa given to BLOs for administrative convenience and people will continue to receive the forms till July 24,” an official said.
“While two genuine members from my family failed to receive the forms, I found four fake voters registered with my door number. Never ever has our family given this house on rent to others since my grandfather’s days,” Ahmed said.
Ahmed said that the booth-level agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties continued to overpower BLOs in parts of Old City and only BLAs from a single political party remain active in those parts. “A BLO, who is a GHMC sanitation worker in the Charminar circle, handed over all the documents to the BLA. When I called him on the phone, he expressed his reluctance to undertake this task,” Ahmed alleged.” Even though other political parties have sent the list of BLOs to the Election Commission, on ground you won’t find BLOs except for the representatives of a single party (AIMIM) on ground.”
In other parts of the city, there were reports of confusion being created about the physical forms and online forms. While distributing the printed forms, BLOs reportedly asked some residents of Jalpally municipality to also fill the forms online. “Those who distributed the form asked also fill in online. The person asked us to pay Rs.150 per online form. After confirming the matter, we refused to do so,” said a resident of Quba Colony near Pahadishareef, on condition of anonymity.
Similar incidents were reported even from slums near Jubilee Hills, where the voters were charged for getting help filling the forms. “In our basti those who are visiting the houses are charging Rs.500 to Rs.1,000 per form depending on the work. Those whose family members were not present were charged Rs.1,000 for filling their forms in absence,” said Razia Begum, a resident of a Filmnagar basti.
