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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has indicated imaginable enactment against Mousam Sarkar, Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) of Bagnan Assembly constituency, for publically questioning alleged logical discrepancies successful the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, an authoritative said connected Monday (January 12, 2026).
Mr. Sarkar, who is besides Block Disaster Management Officer of Bagnan Block-II, had raised concerns implicit the SIR exercise. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal did not instrumentality the remarks lightly and posted connected X, suggesting that disciplinary enactment could beryllium initiated against him.
Responding to the development, Mr. Sarkar said helium has not yet received immoderate authoritative communication. "I person not received immoderate missive truthful far. I volition respond appropriately erstwhile I person it," helium said.
In a elaborate station connected X, the bureau of the CEO West Bengal stated that if Mr. Sarkar had immoderate grievances, helium should person raised them with his superior officers oregon formally approached the District Election Officer pursuing owed procedure. It said that successful specified a case, helium could person been transferred to different posting. Instead, it alleged that Mr. Sarkar violated work discipline.
According to the CEO's office, the substance amounts to indiscipline, usurpation of rules and disrespect towards a law authority.
"He is presently an worker of the Election Commission, and due enactment volition beryllium taken against him arsenic per law," the station by the CEO bureau said.
Mr. Sarkar defended his action, saying, "It was indispensable successful the involvement of the public. Other officers should besides talk up. Otherwise, the nationalist volition endure greatly".
On January 8, Mr. Sarkar had written to the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) Bagnan, alleging logical discrepancies successful the AERO log and resigning from the station of AERO.
In his letter, helium alleged that discrepancies successful sanction spellings flagged during the SIR process day backmost to 2002 and were aboriginal corrected by voters themselves utilizing Form 8, successful accordance with ECI rules. He claimed akin corrections were made successful cases of age-related discrepancies, starring to the existent inconsistencies being highlighted.
