West Bengal SIR: EC publishes supplementary voter list, no clarity on deletions
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The Election Commission late on Monday published the first supplementary voter list after adjudications as part of the special intensive revision exercise in poll-bound West Bengal.
Of the more than 60 lakh pending cases in the state, 29 lakh cases have been adjudicated so far by judicial officers deputed by the Supreme Court, The Indian Express reported. The poll panel, however, did not specify how many voters were dropped and how many were included in the list.
Speaking to reporters earlier on Monday ahead of the list’s publication, West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal said that he did not know how many names had been approved or rejected at this moment, The Times of India reported.
Agarwal said that those left out of the supplementary list can challenge the decision in the appellate tribunals to be set up by the Calcutta High Court.
However, the date for voters to challenge the decision or when the tribunals will be formed is yet to be announced.
“The state government will provide space for the tribunals and the High Court will give the go ahead on the arrangements,” The Indian Express quoted the chief electoral officer as saying. “Only then the tribunals will be formed in all the 23 districts.”
Agarwal said that all names have been adjudicated from districts that had a lower number of pending cases such as...