Rajasthan tops in updating voters’ list

Jaipur: Rajasthan topped the country in the disposal of applications received during the summary revision campaign of voters’ list, 2021, read a statement issued by state’s election department.
State’s chief electoral officer Praveen Gupta informed that Rajasthan secured the first rank among 37 states and Union territories in timely disposal of applications received during the period of continuous updating of voter lists.Gupta said on Thursday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) reviewed the work of all the states and Union territories through video conferencing.
In all, 19.67 lakh applications were disposed of. Gupta informed that 15.17 lakh applications were received in the state during the 2021 summary revision campaign of the voter lists. After this while updating the list, 4.50 lakh applications were received from January 1, 2021 till date. Thus, during both the programmes, 19.67 lakh applications were received in the state, Gupta said.