Be extremely cautious of SIR: CM Revanth tells party workers
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged Congress leaders to raise awareness about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, emphasizing its potential negative impact on marginalized voters. He highlighted the importance of vigilance to prevent genuine votes from being deleted during the process. Reddy announced plans for monitoring and active participation from party leaders to ensure the integrity of the electoral roll.
- ▪Revanth Reddy warned that the SIR could adversely affect poor, migrants, tribals, Dalits, minority, and women voters.
- ▪He emphasized the need for complete awareness on the problems arising from SIR and the necessary solutions.
- ▪Reddy announced the appointment of in-charges for all Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies to monitor the SIR process closely.
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HyderabadChief Minister A. Revanth Reddy called upon Congress leaders and cadre to create widespread awareness on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, warning that the exercise could adversely affect the poor, migrants, tribals, Dalits, minority and women voters, if proper vigilance was not maintained.Addressing the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting at Gandhi Bhavan on Friday, the Chief Minister said it was encouraging that party leaders had understood the seriousness of the issue and the possible difficulties that common people and Congress workers could face because of the SIR process.“We must develop complete awareness on the problems arising out of SIR and the solutions needed to address them,” he told the meeting, attended by AICC in-charge of Telangana…
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