Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Explaining the logic behind not accepting domicile certificates issued by the West Bengal government as identity documents, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said papers issued for specific purposes cannot be used for establishing voting rights.Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that one of the purposes of the domicile certificates is to give an additional residency proof in a state for those citizens of the state who are serv…
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Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to clarify the exact number of illegal Bangladeshi or Rohingya infiltrators in the list of 58.20 lakh voters whose names have been deleted from the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, which was published on December 16 last year.“The BJP is unable to make any electoral progress in West Bengal. That is why they are harassing the p…
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Amid ongoing BMC polls, Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam on Wednesday raised concerns over a particular community’s “silent demographic and cultural invasion” in the city, saying that it is a planned modus operandi involving illegal encroachments, infiltration, and vote-bank politics.He further targeted Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, questioning how many Bangladeshis and Rohingya infiltrators were settled in Mumbai by a minister who served in Uddhav’s cabinet.”Demogra…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) had declined the domicile certificates issued by the West Bengal government as valid identity proofs for establishing voting rights in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state for a justifiable reason.On Sunday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, demanding …