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In another headline grabbing stunt, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to appear in Supreme Court against SIR today to argue for her petition

OpIndia Staff -
This comes after Mamata Banerjee recently filed an Article 32 petition challenging the SIR exercise and accusing the Election Commission of political bias and authoritarianism.
News Reports

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.
Specials

West Bengal SIR – Why is it necessary: An OpIndia Research Paper

Dhruv Mishra -
The report examines the electoral rolls crisis unfolding in West Bengal in the backdrop of the Election Commission of India's nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
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‘They ask for papers of Rahim but not of Ram’: TMC MLA Manirul Islam gives communal spin to SIR exercise, instigates mob to vandalise...

OpIndia Staff -
"Objections are being raised for Rahim but not for Ram. The EC cannot divide voters by religion," Manirul Islam said.
News Reports

West Bengal: TMC leader ‘Bullet’ Khan arrested for abetting BLO Hamimul Islam’s suicide, blows apart party’s anti-SIR narrative

OpIndia Staff -
TMC leaders had not only blamed the SIR campaign for the BLO's death, but also organised protests outside the CEO's office in Kolkata.
News Reports

ECI approves use of tea garden employment records for voter verification during SIR in North Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
He pointed out that many workers in tea and cinchona gardens do not possess standard identity documents and often rely only on employment records issued by plantation authorities. 
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.
Government and Policy

Uttar Pradesh SIR: Nearly 3 crore voters deleted from draft voter rolls, 91% of voters mapped so far

OpIndia Staff -
Around 18.70% votes have been deleted from the rolls due to deaths, permanent migration or multiple registrations.
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’
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Draft electoral rolls after SIR: 97.3 lakh voter names deleted in Tamil Nadu, 73.7 lakh in Gujarat, death and migration primary cause

OpIndia Staff -
Under the Phae-2 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, the draft electoral rolls of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat states were published yesterday. In...
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