Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday criticised the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing it of obstructing the Election Commission of India's (ECI) efforts to complete SIR (Special Intensive Revision) in the state, asserting that the voter list should be
Speaking to reporters outside the apex court, Banerjee, who is also a Senior Advocate, said the court wants transparency in the SIR exercise and will "interfere" if the process remains opaque.
Sappal pointed out that earlier, voters could update their addresses on Form 8, but under the current system, there is no provision to migrate those entries. Instead, affected voters are being asked to re-enrol as new voters through Form 6, which in some cases separates or erases their ea
The second phase of the SIR exercise covers Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, following the successful completion of the first phase in Bihar.
"Mamata Banerjee is trying to woo the WBCS Officers who are overseeing the SIR Exercise and in a subtle manner trying to remind them how they have benefited from this State Govt and in a veiled way tried to make them aware of the possibility that they will have to sit and discuss about th
A total of 2,734,817 have been deleted from the rolls. Out of the total, 6,42,234 were found to be dead, 19,13,540 were marked shifted or absent (from their residence), and 1,79,043 were already enrolled at multiple places.
Over 24.08 lakh electors were deleted from the voter lists in Kerala as the Election Commission of India (ECI) published the draft electoral roll on Tuesday after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.
The electors have been included in the draft SIR list released on Tuesday, and they will receive notices to present their relevant documents to the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) or Assistant EROs who will determine the voter's claim of being included in the list.
Referring to Bihar, Kumar said the massive SIR exercise had been carried out flawlessly, enabling around 75 million voters to participate in the recent Assembly elections. He said the process recorded zero complaints, zero re-polling and zero recounting, and congratulated Bihar's BLOs for
Speaking to mediapersons, he warned the BJP that if this happens, they will have to apologise to the people of Bengal and release the withheld Rs 2 crore within 7 days.
Speaking to ANI, Mani added that the publication of the electoral roll will strengthen the backbone of the Constitution and contribute to the nation's overall development.