Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) The hearing phase on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal concluded on Saturday evening, with 4.98 lakh additional names identified as eligible for deletion from the final voters’ list.These 4.98 lakh voters are those who abstained from attending the hearing sessions despite repeated notices being served to them and have therefore been found eligible for exclusion from the final voters’ list.The number of such voters who had abstained from the…
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Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has advised Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to refrain from writing explanatory notes on the supporting identity documents received from voters during hearing sessions on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal.The Commission had specifically directed the EROs not to write the word “verified” on the documents received from the voters concerned, said sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CE…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed a two-level verification to confirm the authenticity of the supporting identity documents of voters during the hearing session on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list starting from December 27.The “unmapped” voters, who are the ones not having any link with the 2002 voters’ list either through “self mapping” or through “progeny mapping”, will be summoned for hearing sessions. They will have to f…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) The Winter session of the West Bengal Assembly, which was originally scheduled in December this year, will be conducted in the first half of January next year, Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay said on Wednesday. According to the Assembly Speaker, the Winter session of the House had been delayed this time because of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, with most legislators requesting postponement of the session because of their SIR-related engageme…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) The number of phases for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled next year is likely to be much less compared to the previous two Assembly polls in 2016 and 2021, if the Election Commission of India (ECI) accepts the suggestions from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal. A preliminary decision in the matter may be taken at a crucial meeting of the Commission on January 5, which will be attended by the West Bengal CEO, Manoj Kumar Aga…