New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has initiated the process for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 22 States and Union Territories, including the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, from April 2026, as the ongoing revision exercise in 13 States and Union Territories nears completion, an official said on Thursday.The States and Union Territories where the next round of SIR is scheduled to be undertaken include Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal …
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Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) With just three days left for the deadline for scrutiny of voters’ documents submitted during the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list to expire, around 20 lakh voters’ documents are pending re-verification from the side of the District Magistrates, who are also the District Eelectoral Officers (DEOs). Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the majority of these documents that are pending re-verific…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday shared WhatsApp chats allegedly showing the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) “complete disregard” for the Supreme Court’s orders.In a post on his X handle, Banerjee shared purported WhatsApp chats of IAS officer C. Murugan, the special electoral roll observer (SERO) appointed for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, issuing directions to other officials.”Is the…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday sent a fresh communication to the West Bengal government seeking clarification over the inclusion of several Group-C state government employees in the list of 8,505 Group-B officers submitted by the state for deployment as micro-observers in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as directed by the Supreme Court earlier this month.“Almost 30 per cent of the 8,505 names in the list provided by th…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) should directly initiate disciplinary action against errant electoral officers at different levels accused of deliberate irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, instead of sending repeated advisories to the state government to act against them, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.“The ECI has every right to directly take action against errant e…
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday clarified that district magistrates (DMs), who also function as district electoral officers (DEOs), have no authority to seek explanations from micro-observers appointed by the Commission to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.The message was conveyed at a virtual full-bench meeting of the Commission earlier in the day, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The meeting …
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, noticed that in the list of 8,505 Group-B officials sent by the West Bengal government for inclusion in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state, 500 are already operating as assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) in the voter revision exercise. An insider from the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)’s Office, said that the main idea behind getting the names of these 8,505 Group-B…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued a show-cause notice to West Bengal’s Director General of Police (DGP) in response to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) allegations of intimidation and disruption during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant ordered the state police chief to file a personal affidavit explaining the allegations levelled in the poll body’s c…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise nears completion in West Bengal, a Bangladeshi national has been found on the draft voter list, sources in election commission said. It has also been learnt that the woman in question had voted in Bangladesh also. The voter named Monju Rani Saha, has featured on the draft voter list in Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). She possesses both Indian voter ID card and Aadhaar card. Accordingly, her name was inclu…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has cautioned that clearing and uploading unlisted identity documents as listed ones during hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal will be treated as “grave and deliberate” lapses by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs).Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the micro-observers appointed by the …