Odisha's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, aimed at ensuring a more accurate, transparent and error-free voter database, has gathered significant momentum, with the statewide exercise successfully entering its fifth day on Wednesday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday inaugurated the second National Conference of Counsels representing the poll body at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), with a strong focus on electoral transparency, procedural safeguards and legal preparedness.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is constructing a ‘leak-proof security grid,’ and wherever physical fencing is difficult, an impenetrable security cordon by deploying technological fencing is being established.
Maharashtra State Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal wrote to Maharashtra State Chief Electoral Officer S Chokalingam requesting that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) not be conducted during the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage due to expected heavy rainfall.
The Court further said, “The consequence of such a determination is correspondingly limited.
On a day that witnessed conflicts over SIR hearings and submission of Form 7 between voters, party supporters and BLOs mostly at district administrative offices through the state, chaos erupted in East Burdwan as well when Trinamul Congress and BJP cadres engaged in a scuffle today at the Kalna Sub-Divisional Magistrate's office complex in the presence of the police.
Almost all political parties opposed to the BJP on Monday launched coordinated protest agitations across North Bengal—from Cooch Behar to Malda ~ alleging harassment of voters during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the name of hearings.
The Election Commission’s extended deadline for filing applications and objections to the draft electoral roll in West Bengal will end on Monday, bringing the complaint and claim phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to a close.
According to family members, Sengupta had been summoned for a hearing on Monday in connection with the SIR. They claimed that he was unable to produce all the required documents and had been under severe mental stress as a result.
A five-member delegation of the Trinamul Congress met the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, Manoj Agarwal over the deeply flawed and dangerous SIR process.
