Special one-day SIR camp at all polling booths in Punjab on July 19
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is currently underway across Punjab and will continue until August 3.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
"The Election Commission has heard our case today, and now we are waiting. We are in our fight," Natarajan told reporters in Delhi.
The 1998-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre is replacing Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who was earlier appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary.
According to officials, Punjab currently has around 2.14 crore registered voters, and the revision exercise aims to update the electoral database ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections in the state.
Earlier on Wednesday, Shiv Sena sources had indicated that the case is likely to come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The meeting, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, was attended by the state’s Chief Electoral Officer and senior officials of the Commission.
Senior party leaders said a memorandum had been submitted to the Commission seeking the completion of the adjudication process for more than 60 lakh electors before the start of any election process in the state.
Rajat Banerjee, a micro observer appointed by the Election Commission of India to verify doubtful voters, was shocked to find that his name has been deleted from the final voters' list that was declared on 28 February.
According to a police order issued late Friday night, the battalion headquarters has been advised to ensure maximum mobilisation of the forces personnel at the battalion headquarters.
