TMC begins outreach scheme Banglar Vote Raksha for voters amid SIR in Bengal

Amidst the continued train of Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Trinamool Congress has launched a significant outreach programme Banglar Vote Raksha (Protection to voters of Bengal) to succeed in out to the voters of the State throughout the revision of the voter record.

Describing Banglar Vote Raksha as a citizen-support and voter-awareness marketing campaign, the Trinamool Congress outreach focuses on stopping wrongful deletions and helping new voters who want to be added to the roll.

As part of the marketing campaign the Trinamool Congress has arrange over 5,000 voter help camps at ward and anchal ranges throughout the State. From the day of launch of the initiative on November 4, individuals have began flooding these camps in search of help to refill SIR enumeration types.

Under the initiative volunteers are conducting door-to-door outreach to assist residents full enumeration types and Form 6 enrolments for brand spanking new voters, with the door to door marketing campaign tracked digitally on the Didir Doot App. Trinamool Congress chief Kunal Ghosh whereas talking on the initiative mentioned that out of 12 States the place the SIR is being held the Banglar Vote Raksha is one and solely initiative by a political get together to help the voters on such a big scale.

“Amidst the priority and confusion which is being impressed upon the individuals [under the garb] of the SIR by the BJP, the Trinamool Congress is doing a door to door marketing campaign and standing by the individuals as a pal throughout the disaster,” Mr. Ghosh mentioned.

The initiative comes amidst protest by the ruling get together together with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who hit the streets in Kolkata on the very day the scheme was launched. On November 6, Ms. Banerjee additionally added that till every one from Bengal fills up the shape, she won’t refill the enumeration type.

The growth additionally assumes significance amidst studies of the Opposition events not with the ability to present sales space degree brokers (BLAs) for the SIR. There are about 80,000 polling cubicles within the State and the Opposition events haven’t been in a position to present BLAs on half of the polling cubicles.

The Trinamool Congress on Friday (November 7) alleged inconsistency between the chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s latest remarks and the written directions issued to sales space degree officers (BLOs) for the continued particular intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

In a letter to the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal Trinamool Congress chief and State’s Minister Aroop Biswas mentioned, “The CEC had acknowledged that whereas filling up the enumeration type, an individual could insert both their very own particulars [if present in the previous SIR list] or these of a relative, particularly mentioning the time period ‘chacha’ [uncle], thereby implying that mapping by way of uncles or different blood kin is permissible.”

The Trinamool Congress claimed that this “immediately contradicts the written directions issued to BLOs and the BLO software program interface, each of which prohibit the ‘relative’ class strictly to folks and grandparents solely. About 2.72 crore enumeration types had been distributed in West Bengal by 4 pm on Friday ( November 7).