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.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today threatened major institutions of the country, including the judiciary and the Election Commission, saying she could be more dangerous than anyone else if challenged.
Mamata Banerjee will meet the Chief Election Commissioner in Delhi today over concerns on West Bengal’s electoral roll revision, while also seeking opposition unity during Parliament’s Budget Session.
Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that the micro-observers appointed by the Commission to supervise the hearing session have already flagged some instances of “grave and deliberate” mistakes and brought them to the Commission's notice.
National Voters' Day is celebrated annually on January 25 to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in 1950.
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today levelled allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of selectively deleting voters from specific communities and Congress-supporting booths in Gujarat under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
