Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over President Droupadi Murmu’s displeasure earlier in the day regarding the West Bengal government allotting a smaller venue for the 9th International Santal Conference at Gossaipur in Darjeeling district, where the President was the chief guest.Addressing a sit-in protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at Esplanade East in central Kolkata, whi…
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Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Completing the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters’ documents classified under the ‘logical discrepancy’ category under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will take at least another month, if not more, according to estimates from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.“The total number of ‘logical discrepancy’ cases referred for judicial adjudication was a little over 60 lakh. Till Friday night, the adjudication process h…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) About 7.5 lakh cases of judicial adjudication of voters’ documents classified under the “logical discrepancy” category have been completed till Friday evening, informed the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal.“A total of 200 more judicial officers from neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand will be reaching West Bengal by Saturday morning. After a two-day training on Saturday and Sunday, they will be joining the judicial adjudication process…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Congress unit, on Thursday, urged the Election Commission to announce the state Assembly election schedule only after all pending cases related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls are resolved. The state Congress has submitted a memorandum to the poll body seeking completion of the adjudication process for more than 60 lakh voters in the state before announcing the upcoming election. Addressing a press conference, Congr…
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has sent a detailed report to the Election Commission of India headquarters in New Delhi highlighting deliberate performance derelictions on the part of a section of electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.The CEO’s office has recommended disciplinary action for EROS and AEROs found guilty of de…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Tuesday, accused the Trinamool Congress leaders and a West Bengal Minister of floating baseless allegations against the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal. The BJP had also claimed that Trinamool Congress’ decision to nominate former West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP), Rajeev Kumar, for the Rajya Sabha had left many other former bureaucrats close to the ruling party in the state heartbroken.BJP’s IT Cell …
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) A momo-seller died by suicide on Tuesday, allegedly after his name was deleted from the electoral rolls of West Bengal post Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The deceased has been identified as Gouranga De, a resident of ward number 11 of Jalpaiguri town. He used to live in a rented house with his family and is survived by a wife and son.The family claimed that he has been voting for almost 40 years. However, his name was not in the 2002 voter list. He was called…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Amid the publication of the final voters’ list in West Bengal minus those whose names have been referred for judicial adjudication as per the direction of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will be conducting crucial meetings on Monday and Tuesday to review the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scenario in the state as part of its preparations for the forthcoming Assembly election.The meetings will be conducted in two phases, starting from 11 …
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) As the final voters’ list in West Bengal as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision in the state was published, it showed that there has been no fresh voters’ inclusion in as many as 99 Assembly constituencies during the entire SIR exercise starting from the beginning of the numeration phase in December last year till the publication of the final voters’ list The final voter list was published on Saturday afternoon.During this phase, there had been no Form-6 …
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The final voters’ list in West Bengal, prepared as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), was published on Saturday, with the total number of deleted voters standing at 61,78,245.The figure is likely to increase further, as identity documents of around 60 lakh voters are currently under judicial adjudication by judicial officers appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), following directions of the Supreme Court.Announcing this at a press confere…