Gandhinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) Gujarat has received a total of 1,470,125 applications during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls carried out, according to data released by the state election authorities. The revision exercise was conducted as per the directions of the Election Commission of India to ensure accuracy and inclusiveness of the voter list.The SIR campaign commenced across Gujarat on October 27 last year following which the enumeration process was completed and the…
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Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) Special voter registration camps are being held on Sunday across all 16 Assembly constituencies under Chennai district, covering a total of 4,097 polling stations. The camps are aimed at enrolling new voters and helping eligible voters whose names were removed during the recent revision of the electoral rolls to get re-included.Officials from the Corporation’s election department said the exercise is part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, which b…
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Saturday, might publish two separate lists of “unmapped” and “logical discrepancy” cases identified during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.Earlier this month, the Supreme Court, acting on a petition filed by Trinamool Congress, directed the Commission to publish only the list of “logical discrepancy” cases. However, on January 21, the ECI announced that it would take the apex court’s order…
Barwani, Jan 21 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari on Wednesday claimed that at least 5 per cent government-appointed Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state are working on the direction of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Patwari alleged that the names of several tribals, who are Congress supporters and migrated from one place to another for their livelihood, are being removed from the voter list. He warned tha…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India is considering seeking explanations from a section of the electoral registration officers (EROs) and the assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), who had accepted unlisted identity-proof documents during the hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voters list in West Bengal, ignoring ECI’s specific instructions in the matter.The ECI had specified 13 documents that could be accepted as supporting identity-proof docume…
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…
Bengaluru, Jan 16 (IANS) The Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appealed to the Chief Secretary to initiate strict action against those who abuse and attempt to assault government officials.Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka submitted a memorandum in this regard to Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh on Friday. Ashoka had called her to his office to discuss the matter.“Under the Congress administration, there is no protection for officials. We have told the Chief Secretary to ta…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) After Ketugram in East Burdwan district of West Bengal, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in the state’s Hooghly district, on Thursday, served a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing notice to his wife. Rajshekhar Majumdar, a resident of Ward No. 1 of Tarakeshwar Municipality, is the BLO for booth number 248 of the Tarakeshwar Assembly constituency in Hooghly district.On Thursday, a hearing notice has been issued in the name of Rajshekhar’s wife, Susmita Majumdar. As the BLO,…
Hyderabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Taking a key step for conducting municipal elections in Telangana, the state government has finalised reservation of wards and offices of chairpersons/mayors in 121 municipalities and 10 corporations.The municipal administration department on Wednesday issued a notification regarding reservation for Scheduled Tribes (STs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Backward Classes (BCs) and women.The reservation has bee finalised for SCs and STs as per 2011 census and for BCs as per recom…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday, had decided to appoint 2,000 micro-observers supervising the hearing session on claims and objections regarding the draft voters’ list in West Bengal. These 2,000 micro-observers will be in addition to the 4,500 micro-observers already appointed by the Commission to supervise the hearing session. Like the previous appointment, these 2,000 additional micro-observers will be appointed from among direct Central government sta…