The Supreme Court on Monday observed that if a candidate wins by a margin of 2% and 15% of voters are unable to vote due to their exclusion from the electoral rolls, it would be a matter of concern and may require closer scrutiny.
"Don't even dare to question the judicial officers. What more sacrifice do you want from them? They are working overtime to hear the cases of deleted voters from West Bengal. I will not tolerate this," Chief Justice Surya Kant said.
Banerjee directly addressed CEC Kumar and said that his "might" would last only till May and after that he will have to fall to the feet of public.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to hear the petitions on Tuesday — March 10 — along with the main West Bengal SIR matter, after Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy mentioned the issue and urged the Bench to take up the petitions together with the main matter listed for hearing tomorrow (on Tuesday).
TMC National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee today welcomed the Supreme Court's order directing the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish the names of the individuals who have been excluded from the electoral roll due to 'logical discrepancies,’ found during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.
The Supreme Court today directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publish the names of around 1.25 crore individuals against whom the poll body had raised a "logical discrepancy" objection during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal.
CM Banerjee said that the voters whose names were deleted under the enumeration phase of the SIR were not given an opportunity to defend themselves.
The ECI has deleted 58,20,899 voters, accounting for around 7.59 per cent of the total electorate in the state.
Here’s how West Bengal voters can check the SIR draft voter list and ASD exclusion list online, verify their names, and file Form 6 claims before the January 15 deadline.
Mamata said that she will not fill the enumeration form unless every voter in the state does so.
