The deadline for releasing two lists of “unmapped” voters and “logical discrepancy” cases discovered during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal is approaching. The lists, approved by the Election Commission of India (ECI), have been received by the Chief Electoral Officer’s office and shared with electoral registration officers. However, there are concerns about completing the process on time due to the challenge of uploading the lists online and displaying hard copies at various offices within the short timeframe.
Officials express doubts about meeting the deadline as it seems impractical to upload the data and physically display the lists across all administrative units within the stipulated time. The two lists are anticipated to include approximately 1.52 crore names, with around 32 lakh related to “unmapped” voters and the rest categorized under “logical discrepancy” cases. “Unmapped” voters are those unable to link back to the 2002 voters’ list, while “logical discrepancy” cases involve anomalies in family-tree data during the mapping process.
The Supreme Court, responding to a Trinamool Congress petition, had initially directed the Election Commission to publish only the list of “logical discrepancy” cases. However, the ECI later announced its intention to comply with the court’s directions by releasing two separate lists – one for “unmapped” voters and another for “logical discrepancy” cases identified during the SIR process.
