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    Bengal Judicial Officers Seek Enhanced Security During Voter Review

    Kolkata, February 24 – As the process of judicial review of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, began, the judicial officers appointed in four districts near the India-Bangladesh border have sought special...
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    Allegations of Institutional Breakdown in Bengal SIR Process

    Kolkata, February 21 – Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday pointed out multiple violations of norms by officials involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal."We have come to notice that EROs are no longer able to monitor the...
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    Electoral Officer Raised Concerns Over Family Data Linkage

    Kolkata, February 18 – One of the special observers overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has identified a peculiar case where the name of a Muslim youth was linked to a Hindu senior citizen in "progeny mapping," indicating the latter as his father.This unusual family...
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    Bengal Voter List: Over 114,000 Documents Unprocessed Ahead of Deadline

    Kolkata, February 18 – With only four days remaining for the scrutiny of supporting identity documents submitted by voters during the hearing sessions regarding claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal, more than 114,000 documents submitted during the hearing have yet to be...
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    Supreme Court Order Fuels Electoral Dispute in Bengal

    Kolkata, February 16 A clarification issued by the Election Commission on Monday, disqualifying the admissibility of funds sanction letters for rural housing schemes of the Centre and state government as an SIR document, triggered a fresh political row with the TMC alleging that the move was yet...
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    Kolkata Election Revision: Research Highlights Potential Bias in Discrepancy Lists

    Kolkata, February 12 A recent study has highlighted what it calls a "striking anomaly" in Kolkata's voter roll revision process, claiming that Muslims are disproportionately represented on the lists of discrepancies (LDs) across four assembly constituencies during the ongoing Systematic Area...
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