ITANAGAR, 18 May: A virtual training session on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was conducted by the state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) with all the district election officers (DEOs) and electoral registration officers (EROs) on Monday.

CEO Pawan Kumar Sain informed the participants that the main objective of SIR is to ensure that electoral rolls are pure, accurate and inclusive, so that no eligible citizen is left out and no ineligible person is included.

He urged the DEOs to conduct coordination meetings with representatives of political parties to apprise them of the SIR. He further instructed the DEOs to conduct coordination meetings and training on SIR with their respective district teams, viz, EROs, AEROs and election functionaries, and to supervise the functioning of all BLOs and BLO supervisors.

Joint Chief Electoral Officer Liken Koyu delivered a comprehensive presentation on the SIR of electoral rolls, and clarified important aspects related to the exercise.

The training was attended also by Deputy CEO Shania Kayem Mize.