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.
Addressing a press conference in Dhanbad, Sahu claimed that the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress alliance was “rattled by the prospect of defeat” in the civic polls and was resorting to intimidation tactics through criminal elements.
Questioning EC’s conduct of elections, West Bengal CM said that the poll body is defying Supreme Court orders, targeting voters, and undermining democracy.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that minorities and backward communities are being selectively targeted under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh and said that the party has sought time from the Election Commission to raise the issue.
The meeting was also attended by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Assam and other senior officials of the Commission.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has urged Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria as well as the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take note of the alleged use of government funds to hold an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rally at Killi Chehlan in Moga on Monday.
