Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has expressed mixed reactions to the current phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, particularly the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list.While the Commission is happy with the progress of the hearing sessions, it has raised serious concerns over the slow uploading of supporting identity documents submitted by voters who appeared for the hearings.Of the 1.62 crore vote…
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Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India is considering seeking explanations from a section of the electoral registration officers (EROs) and the assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), who had accepted unlisted identity-proof documents during the hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voters list in West Bengal, ignoring ECI’s specific instructions in the matter.The ECI had specified 13 documents that could be accepted as supporting identity-proof docume…