A large number of voters have still not appeared for the hearing of claims and objections related to the voter list under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal. More than 50 thousand ‘unmapped’ voters and more than 3.5 lakh ‘logical discrepancy’ voters in the state have not appeared for the hearing. Names of such voters may be removed from the final voter list.
According to sources close to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, a total of 31,68,426 voters in the ‘unmapped’ category were called for hearing. Of these, a little more than 50 thousand, i.e. about 1.57 percent voters did not appear despite repeated notices being sent. The Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) have considered them eligible to be removed from the final list.
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Similarly, in ‘logical discrepancy’ cases, a total of 94,49,132 voters were identified and called for hearing. So far, more than 3.5 lakh voters in this category, i.e. about 3.70 percent, have not turned up for the hearing. The Election Commission has expressed confidence that the hearing of most of the cases will be completed within the stipulated time.
Sources said that before any voter’s name is finally removed, a personal notice will be sent to him, in which the reasons for the proposal to remove the name will be explained. ‘Unmapped’ voters are those whose names do not appear in the voter list of 2002 nor could they establish their connection through their relatives. Whereas ‘Logical Discrepancy’ are those cases in which abnormalities were found in the family details while gathering information about the relatives.
February 7 is the last date for the hearing process.
The last date to complete the hearing process has been fixed for February 7, while the final voter list is to be published on February 14. According to an official of the CEO office, out of the 294 assembly seats in the state, the hearing has not been completed yet on only about 15 seats. If needed, additional time of two days can be given selectively in these areas.
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