Parties Depute Agents to Monitor Bihar Roll Revision

DESPITE causing controversy over the Election Commission (EC)'s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of assembly polls, the political parties have appointed over 1.5 lakh workers as Booth Level Agents (BLAs) and are in the process of appointing more.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi

A source in the EC said, "All political parties in Bihar are participating actively in the SIR at the booth level by appointing more than 1.5 lakh party workers as BLA till now. They are in the process of appointing more and more BLAs for proper verification of the electoral rolls."

As per the data provided by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, the BJP has so far appointed 51,964 BLAs, the RJD (47,143), JD(U) (27,931), Congress (8,586), LJP (2,457), RLSP (264), CPI (ML) - 233, CPI (M) - 76 and BSP (26).