75,000 personnel to be deployed; DMK, allies cautious about exercise

WITH the announcement to commence Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu ina week’s time, the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said around 75,000 personnel are likely to be engaged in the massive exercise to be carried out at polling booth level.

- T MURUGANANDHAM

Sources TNIE spoke to said that the spadework for conducting the exercise has been almost completed. Tamil Nadu CEO Archana Patnaik was among the CEOs from a few states who attended a two-day meeting at the ECI in Delhi regarding the exercise this week.

On the preliminary work taken up for the SIR, one of the officials here said they are first ensuring that necessary human resources are in place to carry out the work.

“We have asked all recognised political parties in Tamil Nadu to appoint one booth-level agent (BLA) per booth, as they are entitled to. Most of them have appointed the BLAs, and a few are in the process,” the official said.