Trinamool Congress leader and State Minister Shashi Panja urged the Election Commission to reveal the list of electors whose names have been deleted from the draft SIR roll citing logical discrepancy issue following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal.
Earlier on Sunday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had alleged that another Booth Level Officer (BLO) appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) had died by suicide due to "inhuman pressure" linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (S
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that another Booth Level Officer (BLO) appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) has died by suicide due to "inhuman pressure" linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electo
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday flagged the issue of "voter deletion" during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine states and three UTs.
The hearings for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral rolls of the around 32 lakh unmapped voters, whose names could not be linked to family members in the 2002 Electoral Rolls, commenced on Saturday.
The Election Commission published the draft rolls on December 16, following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal, with 58,20,899 electors, accounting for 7.59 per cent, deleted due to death, being untraceable, or permanent migration.
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 Union Minister asserted that the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process is underway, and that the government should also remove those who illegally infiltrate.
Reacting to the row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 9 States and 3 Union Territories, Uttar Pradesh BJP President Pankaj Chaudhary on Sunday said that the Centre never runs away from discussion, but the opposition is never satisfied.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday harshly criticised the Modi government over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, saying that the allegations that were levelled in the Parliament that the Congress has not given any suggestions to the Election Commission regarding