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.
The statement said the haste has compelled BLOs to set up makeshift offices in party premises and summon voters to those locations, a development the party warned could lead to “mass exclusion and errors” in the rolls.
Citizens are encouraged to download the ECINet App from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store and submit their feedback via the ‘Submit a Suggestion’ tab within the app.
The EC reviewed the progress of the SIR program with the Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh, all Divisional Commissioners, and all District Electoral Officers on Friday.
The TMC delegation claimed that the Election Commissioners dismissed BLO's deaths due to SIR exercise pressure as mere "allegations".
A 10-member TMC delegation, led by Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien, met the full bench of the ECI on Friday and raised serious concerns over the handling of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
