Amid strong opposition by the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls commenced in various wards across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) involved in the door-to-door revision of the electoral rolls visited the houses in all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. As part of the SIR exercise, the house-to-house enumeration will be carried out from November 4 to December 4.

Earlier on Tuesday, before setting out to the field, the BLOs had a brief training session. “If BLO finds that any house is locked or closed, the officer will make three visits. Electors may also download their enumeration forms and submit the filled-in forms online,” an official statement from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (

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