The Supreme Court has expressed satisfaction over the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, noting the rapid disposal of objections related to voter lists. The development comes amid ongoing hearings on multiple petitions concerning the revision exercise ahead of the state elections. A bench headed by Chief Justice.
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) had now appointed a total of 294 senior micro-observers, one each for the 294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, to review the ongoing hearing session on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal. These 294 senior micro-observers have been placed above the 6,600 micro-observers.
On Wednesday, a communique was forwarded to Kumar from Election Commission of India (ECI) Secretary Pawan Diwan, directing strict action on this count.
Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that to begin with, the ECI will send notices to the “unmapped” voters, which means those voters who have no connection with the voters' list for 2002, either through “self-mapping” or through ”progeny mapping"
Kolkata: Amid the exclusion of 58,20,899 voters’ names in the draft voters’ list in West Bengal published on December 16 — thus marking the completion of the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state — and apprehensions that many more names could be excluded in the final voters’ list.
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday gave fresh instructions to electoral officers at different levels engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal regarding preparation of a separate list of deceased voters in the state. An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said.
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday strongly refuted the Trinamool Congress’ allegation that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar failed to respond satisfactorily to five key questions raised by the party regarding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. In a detailed response, senior commission officials said.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Saturday sought a report from the Nadia District Magistrate on the death of a Booth Level Officer (BLO), sources in the administration said. In the meantime, the CEO’s office has asked Nadia District Magistrate Aneesh Dasgupta to submit a report immediately. The Election Commission.
Kolkata: Amid the likelihood of the notification for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal being issued any day, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to adopt multiple measures to ensure that booth-level officers (BLOs) remain immune from pressure or influence by political parties or the state administration once the revision process begins..
