LUCKNOW: The Bharatiya Janata Party has finalized an action plan to launch a statewide voter enrolment campaign in Uttar Pradesh from November 22 to 24 following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement regarding 1.27 crore Hindu voters being left out during the Special Intensive Revision. Led directly by the Chief Minister, the drive aims to register left-out Hindu voters, enroll young first-time voters, and rectify existing errors in the electoral rolls.
Addressing a BJP voter revision campaign workshop at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Friday, Adityanath instructed party office-bearers and workers on methods to maximize voter additions. He directed the cadres to participate with full vigour during the three-day campaign. Urging workers to ensure all omitted voters are included, the Chief Minister stressed exercising heightened vigilance in assembly constituencies where victory and defeat margins were narrow in the previous election. He cautioned that any negligence in this exercise could create difficulties during elections. Recalling a previous voter drive where the party successfully added nearly four lakh voters in a single day, Adityanath called upon workers to display the same enthusiasm this time. The workshop was attended by state BJP president and Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, and Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna.
Focus on Married Women and Removal of Infiltrators
The Chief Minister asked all organization members to take responsibility for two to three polling booths each and conduct an in-depth study of the rolls to ensure eligible Hindu voters are not deprived of registration. He drew specific attention to nearly 50 lakh women who moved from their parental homes to their marital homes after marriage and currently do not have their names listed in the voter rolls at either location. Workers were instructed to ensure the names of these women are added to the electoral lists. Simultaneously, Adityanath directed cadres to push for the deletion of names belonging to infiltrators, noting that many have their names registered in four to five different places. His remarks pointed toward Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in the state.
Aligning Panchayat Lists with Assembly Rolls
Adityanath also instructed party workers to ensure that names appearing on the gram pradhan election voter lists are included in the assembly electoral rolls. Explaining the electoral mathematics of seats with slender victory margins, he cited the example of the Koil assembly constituency in Aligarh. Speaking on the deletion of 1.27 crore Hindu votes, the Chief Minister remarked that while his party should have raised objections over the issue, the opposition was making unnecessary noise. He added that lakhs of beneficiaries of various government welfare schemes are still missing from the voter list and must be enrolled.
3.44 Crore Eligible Citizens Outside Voter List
Meanwhile, Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa stated that Uttar Pradesh has approximately 16 to 17 crore citizens aged 18 years or above. Against this eligible population, the current electoral roll contains the names of 13.56 crore voters. According to the commission’s figures, nearly 3.44 crore eligible citizens currently remain outside the state’s voter list.
