Bhopal: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a much-debated exercise for the verification of electoral rolls being conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), officially began in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

After getting training, over 65,000 BLOs (Booth Level Officers), who have been tasked with conducting a door-to-door visit for verification of voters, have started reaching their assigned booths.

Madhya Pradesh has a total of 230 Assembly seats and 29 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across the 55 districts, divided into six divisions such as Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Chambal, Narmadapuram, Rewa, Sagar, Shahdol, and Ujjain.

The voter list in Madhya Pradesh was already frozen after the ECI on October 27 announced the SIR in the state, which means no new changes can be

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