SIR in Bengal: ECI rejects TMC claim over notices to former MPs Kolkata, Jan 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday rejected allegations by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that two of its former Rajya Sabha members were summoned for hearings during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls without valid grounds. Earlier in the day, reports emerged that former TMC Rajya Sabha MP and ex-Mohun Bagan football club president Swapan Sadhan Bose, popularly known as Tutu Bose, and his son Srinjoy Bose -- also a former Rajya Sabha MP and the club’s general secretary -- had been issued notices to appear for hearings on claims and objections related to the draft voters’ list.

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Bengal: ECI unhappy over low number of housing complexes identified for setting up polling booths Kolkata, Jan 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) is unhappy over the low number of private housing complexes with 300 or more residents identified so far in Bengal for setting up polling booths for the crucial Assembly elections scheduled later this year. Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that so far, only 69 such private housing complexes with 300 or more residents have been identified in West Bengal, far less than the estimated requirement.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI to summon voters with logical discrepancies from this week Kolkata, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) As hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voters' list in West Bengal for the "unmapped" voters was almost complete, the Election Commission of India (ECI), from this week, will start summoning for hearing the "logical discrepancy" cases in the draft list which is 24 per cent of the voters' enlisted through "progeny mapping".

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SIR in Bengal: ECI to set up 160 ‘special decentralised hearing centres’ for marginalised communities Kolkata, Jan 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to set up 160 special decentralised hearing centres in certain districts of West Bengal for marginalised communities residing in remote pockets. The 12 districts where such 160 centres would be set up include Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, Nadia, West Burdwan, Howrah, and North 24 Parganas, insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI asks DMs & DEOs to check authenticity of hearing sessions’ documents Kolkata, Dec 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has fixed the multi-prong accountability of the District Magistrates (DMs), also the District Electoral Officers (DEOs), as regards to checking the authenticity of the supporting identity documents to be provided by the voters' summoned for the ongoing hearing sessions on the claims and objections on the draft voters' list which is a part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI clarifies housing finance certificates won’t be accepted as valid identity documents Kolkata, Dec 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has clarified that an alternative to the specified "land or house allotment certificates" will not be treated as valid identity documents at the hearing sessions on claims and objections regarding the draft voters' list in West Bengal. The sessions commenced on Saturday. The Commission had specified a total of 13 documents, out of which "any land/house allotment certificate by the Government" is one of the documents and the 11th document in the list of 13 specified by the ECI on this count.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI advises micro-observers to take note of DOB mismatches in hearing sessions Kolkata, Dec 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has advised the micro-observers appointed to supervise the hearing sessions to be especially vigilant about the mismatches in dates of birth (DOBs) in its records and supporting documents furnished by the voters concerned. Clear instructions were given to the micro-observers during a training programme on Wednesday about their roles in the hearing sessions.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI identifies 58 lakh excludable voters after enumeration phase ends Kolkata, Dec 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the enumeration phase of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal complete, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified 58 lakh excludable voters from the current voters’ list. As per figures available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), based on the trend of digitisation of the duly filled enumeration forms collected by the booth-level officers (BLOs) from voters till Thursday night, a total of 58,08,232 voters have been found as excludable.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI appoints five more special roll observers to strengthen supervision in 2nd stage Kolkata, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) With just eight days left for the first stage of the three-stage Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal to end with the publication of the draft voters’ list on December 16, the Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday appointed five additional special roll observers for the state. With this fresh appointment, the total number of special roll observers appointed to review the ongoing revision exercise stands at 17.

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Bengal: ECI again cautions DMs against involving contractual state govt employees in SIR Kolkata, Nov 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday once again cautioned District Magistrates in West Bengal against the involvement of contractual state government employees in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). On behalf of the ECI, an Additional Chief Electoral Officer had sent a note to all the District Magistrates, who are also the District Election Officers (DEOs) of the respective districts, where a strong note of caution had been issued against the involvement of contractual state government employees in the revision exercise, the first stage of which started from November 4.

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BLO suicide in Bengal: ECI seeks report from District Election Officer Kolkata, Nov 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday sought a detailed report from the District Magistrate (also the District Election Officer) of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal over the suicide of a female Booth-Level Officer (BLO) at Mal Bazar area in the same district earlier in the day, reportedly due to the workload of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise by the commission.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI sets Nov end deadline for completing digitisation of enumeration forms Kolkata, Nov 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has set a target for completing the digitisation process of the voters' details mentioned in the enumeration forms in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal by November end. "Already, the process of digitisation of the enumeration forms collected by booth-level officers had started, and digitisation had already been completed for around 50 lakh enumeration forms.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI crackdown on BLAs, BLOs over ‘irregularities’ Kolkata, Nov 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India has launched a crackdown against booth-level officers (BLOs) over the alleged gross irregularities and violations of prescribed norms related to enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal. To begin with, sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, and the commission have registered FIRs against eight BLAs for allegedly interfering in the distribution of enumeration forms, taking possession of the forms from BLOs, and distributing them themselves.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI warns strong disciplinary action against BLOs skipping door-to-door visits Kolkata, Nov 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has warned that booth-level officers (BLOs) in West Bengal skipping door-to-door visits while distributing enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state will face strong disciplinary action. The commission has directed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, and the District Electoral Officers (DEOs) to initiate strong disciplinary action as per rule against BLOs who are ignoring directives on door-to-door visits, sources in the CEO's office said.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI reviews proposal for Assembly-wise joint supervisory committee Kolkata, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) is reviewing a proposal to form a joint supervisory committee for each of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to monitor the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state. The principal point in the proposal mooted by some political parties is that the Assembly constituency-wise joint supervisory committees will have representation from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, as well as from them.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI assures election officials of strong action against any security breach Kolkata, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid indications that the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will start after October 15, the electoral officials in the state have received concrete assurance that the ECI will not remain silent in case of a single event of breach of security of any officer while conducting an on-field exercise for the revision.

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SIR in Bengal: ECI team to review complaints on BLO selection anomalies Kolkata, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of the Election Commission of India, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, will review next week the complaints regarding widespread irregularities in the selection of West Bengal government employees as booth-level officers (BLOs), despite them not meeting the selection criteria mandated by the ECI. The ECI team will also review the role of district-level electoral officials in clearing the faulty selection of state government employees, insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

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Protester in 2024 Bangladesh student uprising is voter in Bengal, ECI orders probe Kolkata, June 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to probe the case of a man, who was active in the student 'movement' in Bangladesh last year, and features as a registered voter in the Kakdwip Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The controversy surfaced after some whistleblowers highlighted the picture of Newton Das, a registered voter with Kakdwip Assembly constituency, featuring in the students’ movement in Bangladesh last year on social media.

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