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The Election Commission has extended the dates for submitting objections nether the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls till January 19. Even arsenic protests were reported in different parts of the State implicit SIR hearing process issues connected Friday (January 16, 2026), a Booth Level Officer successful Kolkata reportedly recovered to person died by termination the time before.
“As per the bid of the Election Commission of India, the deadline for submitting forms (Forms 6, 6A, 7 and 8) for inclusion, deletion, oregon correction of names successful the electoral rotation has been extended from January 15, 2026 to January 19, 2026,” a notification from the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal office, work connected Friday (January 16). The past day for submitting the forms ended connected Thursday (January 15), aft which the hold announcement came.
On Friday (January 16), protests erupted in Jaynagar, Shamudragarh, Aamdanga, Dinhata and Diamond Harbour, among others. The protests at Shamudragarh led to the locals blocking trains connected its tracks arsenic galore scuffled with the police. Locals and governmental enactment supporters, citing harassment astatine SIR hearings, blocked roads successful immoderate places and burnt tires successful others.
On Thursday (January 15) and Wednesday (January 14), protests against harassment astatine SIR hearings had turned convulsive with mobs vandalising authorities offices. While locals led by a Trinamool Congress MLA attacked a BDO bureau at Farakka on Wednesday (January 14), a mob vandalised the BDO bureau at Chakulia in Uttar Dinajpur territory on Thursday (January 15).
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari came down heavy connected the ruling enactment for these protests. “The lawlessness connected afloat show since day before yesterday, close from Farakka to Chakulia is spreading similar wildfire,” he wrote connected X.
Trinamool Congress national wide caput Abhishek Banerjee connected Friday (January 16) alleged that astatine slightest 82 radical person died owed the SIR process. “In galore places, BLOs are protesting and calling for boycotts owed to inhumane enactment pressure. They are humans and not machines; without grooming oregon due mechanisms, they are being asked to verify the names of 300 radical astatine once. That is wherefore they are calling for boycotts,” he said.
BLO dies by suicide
On Thursday (January 15) morning, a BLO, identified arsenic Ashok Das, 48, was recovered dormant wrong his location in Mukundapur. However, their household did not record a complaint until aboriginal successful the evening. The BJP shared an audio clip connected societal media and claimed that Das “was driven to decease by termination owed to relentless unit and intimidation by section TMC leaders”. They besides alleged that the threats were not conscionable professional but that Das also lived in the fearfulness of carnal violence.
Class 10 admit cards not valid property proof
In an order published by the EC on Thursday (January 15), the cardinal assemblage besides said that Madhyamik (Class 10 State boards) admit cards volition not beryllium admissible as document for people in SIR.
“The Madhyamik [Class X] Admit Card is not listed arsenic an admissible document for verification purposes,” the order stated.
However, galore successful the State bash not person commencement certificates, particularly radical who person had home births; they supply Class 10 admit cards arsenic their valid property impervious successful specified cases.
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