Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified the electoral registration officers (EROs) and assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) “guilty” of “deliberately” delaying the process of uploading of identity documents received during the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal. Sources in the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) claimed that 120 and 150 EROs and AEROs have been found “guilty”….
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Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress worker has been arrested in connection with the recent suicide of a BLO in Bengal’s Murshidabad, said the police on Tuesday.The police said the Trinamool worker had refused to repay a loan of Rs 20 lakh to the deceased BLO concerned, which pushed the latter into a state of acute mental frustration.Initially, Trinamool’s Murshidabad leadership projected the death due to SIR-related pressure. The party even staged protests outside the office of West Be…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Roll Observer (SRO) C. Murugan on Monday appeared undeterred by repeated attacks on his vehicle and vowed to complete the task entrusted to him by the poll panel.Speaking to media persons after facing another round of protests in South 24 Parganas district, the Special Roll Observer said: “The Election Commission has entrusted me with a specific responsibility. I came here to work, and I will finish that work regardless of t…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress delegation once again approached the Election Commission on Monday, raising their reservations against calling elderly and sick people to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing sessions and not allowing Booth Level Agents (BLAs) inside the hearing centre. The Trinamool Congress in West Bengal also asked why no action is being taken in this regard despite their repeated pleas.A five-member Trinamool delegation visited the West Bengal Chief Elector…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Saturday, dismissed the allegations levelled by the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and the current Chief Whip of the party in Lok Sabha, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, earlier in the day accusing the Commission of deliberately summoning four of her family members for hearing on the claims and objections over the draft voters’ list in West Bengal with the intention of harassing them. On Saturday morning, Ghosh Dastidar told …
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) After publication of the draft voters’ list following the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the Trinamool Congress, on Tuesday, alleged that voters are being harassed by being summoned for minor issues during the hearing process of the draft electoral roll.The Trinamool Congress has claimed after a meeting with the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Kumar Agarwal, that there is no reason to summon these voters.The ruling party in West …