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About six lakh much names are apt to beryllium removed from the West Bengal elector list, arsenic hearings for the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful the State are acceptable to extremity connected February 14. In the archetypal signifier of the SIR, 58 lakh names were already removed from the State’s elector list, and the full fig of electors dropped to 7.08 crore.
Sources astatine the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal pointed retired that, truthful far, astir 6.25 lakh electors were absent from their SIR hearings.
Notices for ‘logical discrepancies’ successful enumeration forms were issued to astir 1.36 crore voters, and the details of 1.23 crore of them person been verified. While details are yet to beryllium uploaded for a fewer lakh voters, astir 6.25 lakh voters did not look for their hearings contempt notices being issued to them by the ECI.
DMs look CEC ire
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandani Chakravarty met ECI officials successful the nationalist superior connected Friday. He was summoned to Delhi amidst reports that the State authorities had not implemented respective directions, including orders to record FIRs against 4 officials and the suspension of different authoritative progressive successful the SIR process. Six months ago, successful August 2025, the then-West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant had besides met ECI officials aft the State authorities had refused to enactment against erring officials.
During the day, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a gathering with officials astatine the West Bengal CEO’s office, arsenic good arsenic the District Magistrates (DMs) who are besides the District Electoral Officers. According to sources privy to the meeting, the Chief Election Commissioner expressed displeasure implicit the relation of astir fractional a twelve DMs progressive successful the SIR.
The CEC questioned however documents which are not accepted by the Commission were being uploaded and wherefore DMs person not overseen the process. The DMs of Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur were among those who faced the CEC ire. He directed that names of valid voters should not beryllium struck disconnected electoral rolls portion nary foreigners should beryllium allowed successful the electoral list.
The last elector database successful the State is apt to beryllium released connected February 28. Elections to West Bengal Assembly are owed successful adjacent fewer months.
