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Mamata Banerjee storms out of meeting with ECI over SIR, poll body says TMC MLAs threatened and used abusive language

Shraddha Pandey -
Mamata Banerjee claimed that the Election Commission officials ‘humiliated’ them and failed to address the concerns of the affected families over the SIR exercise in poll-bound West Bengal. The TMC delegation decided to ‘boycott’ the meeting after the ECI officials allegedly failed to address their grievances.
News Reports

West Bengal: Election Commission issues notice to Amartya Sen over logical discrepancy in age found during SIR exercise

OpIndia Staff -
Clarifying the matter, a senior official from the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office said that only one notice had been issued to Sen.
Crime

SIR in West Bengal: Illegal voter from Bangladesh, Abdul Rahim Gazi, attacks female Adivasi BLO with shoes for exposing him

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, the female BLO was physically assaulted after she informed the higher authorities about the presence of an illegal voter in the area. The accused was identified as Abdul Rahim Gazi.
News Reports

Draft electoral roll for Kerala after SIR: 24 lakh names removed, dead, migrated, and untraceable people dropped

OpIndia Staff -
The removed 24,08,503 voters those marked in the Absent, Shifted, Dead (ASD) list. This list has been published alongside the draft electoral roll. In the ASD list, 6,45,548 are listed as ‘untraceable/absent’
News Reports

Donations to Aam Aadmi Party increase 3 times within one year, Prudent Electoral Trust among its top funders: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Over 43% of the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) total revenue, Rs 16.4 crore, came from the Prudent Electoral Trust alone.
Editor's picks

West Bengal: Over 58 lakh names removed in SIR draft; 24 lakh voters dead, 19 lakh relocated and 12 lakh missing

Rukma Rathore -
The West Bengal assembly elections are set for early next year after the SIR program is completed in the state.
Opinions

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ drama in parliament: Lies, conspiracies, and a script for Western media

Jinit Jain -
Rahul Gandhi isn’t speaking to India when he repeats his conspiracy theories on 'vote chori'; he’s scripting headlines for the global lobby desperate to label our democracy “stolen.”
Law

Supreme Court objects to Prashant Bhushan calling the Election Commission a “despot” during hearing of petitions challenging SIR

OpIndia Staff -
Bhushan claimed that the exercise was being conducted in a "hurry" which has led to the death of several Booth Level Officers (BLOs).
Crime

West Bengal: TMC goon Mohammed Kasimuddin brutally attacks husband of BLO amid SIR of electoral rolls

OpIndia Staff -
The ongoing Special Intensive Revision exercise in West Bengal is facing many hurdles as a result of the ruling TMC's open opposition to the...
Government and Policy

‘Should foreigners with Aadhaar be made voters?’, SC asks petitioner challenging SIR, says EC has right to determine authenticity of documents

OpIndia Staff -
The Court that the Aadhaar Card is created to ensure that the benefits of social welfare schemes reach everyone and does not automatically confer voting rights.
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