Chaturvedi complained that she couldn't find her name in the voter list and was directed to another polling booth, where she was able to cast her vote. She urged citizens to turn out in large numbers and exercise their voting rights.
Speaking to reporters, the Union Minister highlighted that the SIR process is initiated every decade. He criticised those opposing it, alleging they fear the "cleansing" of the voter list.
BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul on Wednesday claimed that more names will be removed from voter lists in West Bengal, alleging irregularities in previous elections.
Speaking to ANI, Jaiswal said, "There is still a chance today. If Mamata Banerjee ji feels that even one voter's name out of 54 lakh has been removed improperly, she can go to the Election Commission."
The Election Commission of India has appointed four additional Special Roll Observers (SROs) for West Bengal to ensure the smooth completion of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
The FIR follows allegations that Dilip Saikia, during an internal video conference on January 4, instructed party workers to prepare lists of people who did not vote for the BJP in 60 Assembly constituencies and to make arrangements for deleting their names from the electoral rolls.
He also responded to the second point of Sappal's X post, which stated, "2. If the name were removed from the old address and added to the new address, there would be no objection. But the problem is that the name has been removed from both places."
Samajwadi Party leader Ravidas Mehrotra expressed concern over the removal of 2.89 crore voters from the Uttar Pradesh Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft voter list and urged the Election Commission to initiate the process of registering new voters.
Navdeep Rinwa, via the official X handle of "CEO Uttar Pradesh", said the leader was correct in explaining the reason for removing names from the voter list. He further directed him and his family members to complete Form 6 to have their names added to the voter list for the Noida distric
The Congress and Samajwadi Party on Tuesday raised serious concerns over the removal of 2.89 crore voters from the Uttar Pradesh Special Intensive Revision (SIR) draft voter list, with State Congress President Ajay Rai alleging a "big conspiracy" and demanding a thorough probe into the ma
Leader of Opposition of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari highlighted several critical issues, including the wage crisis faced by tea garden workers, land rights, the voter list revision process (SIR), and administrative irregularities.
A major meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was held on Tuesday to discuss issues related to SIR in Uttar Pradesh, sources said. The meeting was conducted via video conferencing.