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Officials of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that govern the Aadhaar database met with the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal Manoj Agarwal connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025) and informed him of deaths of astir 32-34 lakh citizens whose Aadhaar person apt been deactivated, sources astatine the CEO’s bureau said connected Wednesday.
High-ranking electoral officials further said that they person written to UIDAI asking to furnish information that tin service arsenic a parameter successful the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s electoral rolls.
“The UIDAI officials are apt combing done their bequest information that has truthful acold shown that implicit 30 lakh Aadhaar cards successful the State were deactivated successful caller years pursuing deaths. Electoral Registration Officers volition beryllium fixed this information for hearings aft the enumeration phase,” a high-ranking authoritative astatine the CEO’s bureau said.
This assumes value successful airy of the ongoing organisation of emuneration forms crossed 294 Assembly constituencies for West Bengal’s SIR.
According to figures shared by the CEO’s office, the full fig of electors successful West Bengal arsenic of October 28, 2025, stands astatine 7,66,37,529, with an mean of astir 950 voters oregon 200 to 300 families per polling station.
According to sources, 40 Assembly constituencies, similar Siliguri, Kaliaganj, Kolkata Port, Alipurduar, Siuri etc person recorded little than 75% completion of organisation of enumeration forms.
“Distribution of enumeration forms is apt to beryllium completed successful each constituencies by the extremity of this week. A high-level gathering volition beryllium conducted with each Electoral Registration Officers aboriginal contiguous analysing immoderate delays successful completion,” sources said. As of 4 p.m. connected Wednesday, 6.87 crores (89.67%) of enumeration forms had been distributed crossed the State. West Bengal is among 12 states and national territories wherever the 2nd signifier of SIR began aft Bihar from November 4. Assembly elections to West Bengal are scheduled successful 2026.
The governmental parties successful the Opposition, peculiarly Bharatiya Janata Party has been demanding the removal of dead, duplicate and fake voters from the State’s voters’ lists since earlier SIR was announced successful the State. The beingness of names of deceased voters successful the rolls helps the ruling enactment manipulate the electoral process the BJP enactment has alleged.
