The Trinamool Congress has announced a three-member delegation set to meet the Election Commission of India’s full bench in Kolkata on Monday. The delegation comprises Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam, and West Bengal Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya. They aim to request that the election schedule for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls be delayed until the resolution of ongoing judicial reviews on voter document discrepancies.
The delegation plans to address concerns regarding the misclassification of “alive” voters as “dead” during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state. The Election Commission’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata on March 8 for discussions with various political party representatives the following day.
During the meeting, each party will have a 10-minute slot to present their perspectives. The Trinamool Congress, as the ruling party in West Bengal, is expected to have the first slot. Simultaneously, the Supreme Court will conduct a crucial hearing on the “logical discrepancy” cases on March 10, involving over 60 lakh voter documents initially under review.
