Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) The phase of hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal is expiring at 12 midnight on Sunday, with 6.25 lakh additional names already being identified as eligible for exclusion in the final voters’ list. Since the phase of scrutinising the documents submitted at the hearing session will continue for seven more days, until February 21, the number of additional names found suitable for exclusion in the final voters’ list will automatically inc…
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New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary M.A. Baby on Wednesday indicated that the possibility of an electoral understanding between the Left Front and the Congress in West Bengal is remote, even as he underlined that Opposition parties remain united on select national issues, including concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Speaking to IANS in an interview on the preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in vario…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) Doubts have emerged regarding the commencement of the two-day training programme for the 8,505 Group-B officers provided by the West Bengal government, aimed at their participation in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) within the state. This uncertainty arises as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has not yet determined how many individuals from the state-provided list are genuinely qualified for inclusion in the revision process.The ECI is now examining the …
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…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state scheduled to be held this year. As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria will take up Banerjee’s petition along with similar …
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government has informed the Election Commission of India (ECI) that it can provide 8,505 Group-B officers for the remainder of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in the state, sources in the state secretariat said on Sunday. A letter has already been sent to the ECI in this regard.The development comes a day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the SIR case on Monday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may argue the case herself agai…
Chikkaballapur (Karnataka), Feb 6 (IANS) An incident involving a Congress leader allegedly threatening a teacher while he was performing duties related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was reported from Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur district on Friday. A purported audio clip allegedly containing a conversation between the two has gone viral on social media.The leader has been identified as Nagesh Reddy. He is allegedly heard shouting at the teacher, G.S. Shivashankar, accusing him of suppo…
Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Preparatory work for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Telangana has commenced, the state Chief Electoral Officer said on Thursday. Ahead of the SIT, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) urged political parties to appoint at least one Booth Level Agent (BLA) for every polling station.Addressing a meeting with representatives of recognised political parties, CEO C. Sudharsan Reddy stressed that strong booth-level coordination would be central to the exerc…
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) With just three days left for the deadline for completion of the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal to expire, hearings for around 15 lakh voters will have to be completed in these three days to stick to the schedule. The deadline for completion of the hearing session is February 7, and the final voters’ list is scheduled to be published on February 14.Going by the trend of daily hearings so far, the Election Commission of Ind…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) West Bengal electoral list includes Bangladeshi infiltrators, Rohingyas, and fake voters, reiterated state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday, stressing that intruders will be “detected, deleted, and deported”. The Rajya Sabha MP was addressing the media at New Delhi’s party headquarters along with BJP Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal’s Balurghat constituency and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar.Commenting on West Bengal Ch…