TIRUPUR: District Collector Manish Shankarrao Narnaware has denied claims that Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) were instructed to collect filled voter verification forms for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls the very day after distribution.

The clarification came after DMK Rajya Sabha MP NR Elango, in a recent interview, stated that some booth-level officers in a few constituencies of Coimbatore and Tirupur districts had told voters to return completed voter verification forms the next day.

In a statement, Collector Manish, who is also the District Election Officer (DEO), said that the distribution of voter verification forms under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process began across Tirupur district on November 4, as per the guidelines and schedule issued by the

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