New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday flagged alleged discrepancies in electoral roll revision created by “misuse of Form-7” applications to delete voters’ names and sought ECI’s immediate intervention to prevent other parties from gaining “unfair electoral advantage” through this route.Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, in a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and two other ECs, said, “Initiate immediate corrective measures by instituting …
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Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to identify the booth-level officers (BLOs), electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) accused of deliberately refusing acceptance of Form-7 applications in genuine cases and submit the list of erring electoral officers to the Election Commission of India (ECI).Form-7 applications are meant for the deletion of names of deceased, duplicate, and shifted voters,…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Tension broke out at the office of the sub-divisional officer (headquarters) in Hooghly district of West Bengal on Monday after a group of Trinamool Congress activists, led by the party’s legislator from Chinsurah Assembly constituency Asit Majumdar, reached the premises while hearings on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list were being held.It was reported that some of the ruling party activists even destroyed some Form-7 applications (for deletion of names of…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) The BJP on Friday said that the vandalism that occurred at the offices of the block development officers (BDOs) in two districts of West Bengal on January 14-15 necessitates decisive action from the Election Commission of India (ECI).At the same time, the West Bengal unit of the party has claimed that the ECI should ensure that Form-7 applications (deletion of names of voters) are submitted without resistance at the hearing centers on claims and objections on the draft vot…