SOUND OF SIRENS

Parties go into battle mode on the ground as electoral roll revision kicks off

- By Avaneesh Mishra

VOTER OUTREACH SP chief Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference in Lucknow, Nov. 12

IT'S NOT EVEN SLOW BURN. UTTAR PRADESH VOTES for a new assembly only in 2027, but the month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has already turned it into a live battleground. Rolled out on November 4, it has put the entire field on high flame. Every party is moving to fortify its position: war rooms are being formed, party websites and WhatsApp groups being readied to track deletions, minders being named to keep a hawk's eye. It's being fought, well, booth and nail.