Lucknow: Reiterating that nearly 1.27 Hindu voters have been left out of the electoral rolls after the SIR exercise, CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked the BJP organizational functionaries to intensify efforts to restore the names of left out eligible voters.The CM’s appeal signalled BJP’s renewed focus on electoral roll management ahead of the Assembly elections.He was addressing a workshop of BJP’s organisational functionaries in Lucknow which was also attended by UP BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary, deputy CM Keshav Maurya and ministers Suresh Khanna and JPS Rathore.He called for special attention to first-time voters, young electors and women, indicating that the party intends to widen its outreach among these sections during the ongoing revision exercise. He also asserted that special focus needs to be a placed to ensure inclusion of beneficiaries of the various govt schemes.The CM’s appeal brought the issue of electoral roll revision into political focus, with BJP seeking to mobilise its organisational machinery around the restoration of names of eligible voters.The workshop aimed at giving momentum to the party’s voter enrolment and verification drive. With the Assembly elections scheduled for early 2027, BJP leadership is keen on ensuring that no eligible supporter is left out of the electoral rolls.The party is using its extensive organisational network — from the state headquarters to district and booth levels — to identify voters whose names may have been omitted and facilitate the process of their inclusion. The emphasis on first-time voters and women also suggests that the party wants to combine the exercise of restoring deleted names with efforts to bring new voters into the electoral fold.UP minister JPS Rathore said responsibilities had been assigned to various district in-charges to ensure effective coordination and monitoring of the exercise. He said the district functionaries had been given specific duties relating to the addition of voters’ names to the electoral rolls.The latest directive is part of the BJP’s preparations for the Assembly elections, in which the party is seeking to strengthen its booth-level organisation and ensure maximum participation of its support base. The electoral roll revision exercise has emerged as an important organisational priority, particularly as the party seeks to prevent the deletion of eligible voters from affecting its electoral prospects.
