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Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Monday said that the entire opposition will raise the concerns related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, which is currently underway in several parts of the country, while calling the poll body's step a "threat to democracy".
Speaking to ANI, Prasad alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is attempting to deprive people of their right to vote through the SIR exercise. "...SIR is the biggest issue, threat to democracy, Constitution...There is nothing more precious than the right to vote...The BJP government wants to deprive people of the right to vote through the SIR," he said. "It can be seen that the deployment of the BLOs has been done based on party lines, and most of them are distributing forms to the BJP workers. Though the SIR deadline has been extended, there is so much work that more than half of the BLOs have died in UP. The entire opposition will be raising this issue in the Parliament," Prasad added. Congress MPs Manickam Tagore and Vijay Kumar Vasanth on Monday moved an adjournment motion in Parliament seeking an urgent debate on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the country. Calling the revision exercise "unplanned and one-sided," the Congress MPs have flagged the alleged extreme pressure put on Booth Level Officers (BLOs), resulting in deaths and exhaustion. Earlier today, Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore flagged the repeated suicides of BLOs, saying that the Election Commission is doing "vote chori" in the name of SIR. The second phase of the SIR exercise covers Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, following the successful completion of the first phase in Bihar. The Winter session of the Parliament is set to begin today. The government has listed a total of 13 Bills for consideration during the Winter Session, many of which have not been examined by a Standing Committee. The Parliament is set to have 15 sittings across 19 days. Private Members' Bills are set to be taken for consideration on December 5 and 19, and Private Members' resolutions on December 12. (ANI)
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