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Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been served a proceeding announcement by the Election Commission of India (ECI) successful transportation with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful West Bengal.
The announcement states that the property quality betwixt Professor Sen and his parents is little than 15 years and that a proceeding volition beryllium held astatine his residence successful Birbhum territory connected January 16.
Professor Sen is simply a elector successful the Bolpur Assembly conception successful West Bengal’s Birbhum district.
On Wednesday morning, the Booth Level Officer of the ward wherever Professor Sen is enrolled visited his residence, Pratichi, successful Santiniketan and served the notice. Professor Sen is presently not successful India.
“As per your declaration, the property quality betwixt you and your parents is little than 15 years, which is not mostly expected and this needs to beryllium clarified done documentation successful the airy of the elector database of the past SIR,” the notice, written successful Bengali, said.
The announcement further stated that Professor Sen was requested to look earlier the undersigned connected January 16, 2026, astatine 12 noon, “at your residence on with the archetypal documents prescribed by the Election Commission of India (which are attached to this announcement and mentioned successful the accusation expanse astatine the backmost of the counting form), for the attraction of your sanction successful the last electoral roll”.
Trinamool Congress wide caput Abhishek Banerjee connected Tuesday said it had travel to his announcement that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who has brought planetary designation to the country, had been served a proceeding announcement nether the SIR. He added that akin notices had been issued to Bengali cinema histrion Dev and World Cup-winning cricketer Md. Shami during the revision exercise.
After the archetypal signifier of the SIR, 58 lakh names were deleted from the electoral rolls, portion astir 1.26 crore voters were identified with “logical discrepancies” astatine the commencement of the SIR hearings connected December 27. The fig of specified discrepancies successful West Bengal present stands astatine astir 94.49 lakh.
The State’s Chief Electoral Officer, acting connected directions from the ECI, has instructed each District Electoral Officers to instantly contented notices to astir 95 lakh voters flagged with logical discrepancies.
