99.59% Restored, 12.86 Lakh Abandoned: The Cruel Arithmetic of the SIR Tribunal in Bengal

Tribunals restore 1,468 votes in West Bengal, delete six names for second phase

India News: Kolkata: Supreme Court-mandated appellate tribunals hearing voter deletions during EC's SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal restored voting rights o.

Only 1,468 voters restored for Bengal’s final phase rolls. Poll duty staff among the excluded

Majibar Rahman is helping others vote. “But as a first polling officer myself, I am unable to cast my vote,” says Rahman, a history teacher from Krishnanagar who is on poll duty in the Ranaghat assembly for West Bengal’s second phase of assembly elections on Wednesday.As Bengal heads into the final phase covering 142 assembly seats, appellate tribunals have approved the inclusion of just 1,468 voters out of approximately 12.8 lakh, including Rah…

Bengal polls: 1,468 more names added to electoral rolls ahead of second phase of polling

Six names have been removed from the voter lists, of whom five are Muslims, and one is a Hindu woman, said a Kolkata-based research organisation.

Bengal Phase 2 looms with over 12 lakh SIR appeals pending, only 1,468 voters cleared

With phase 2 of the Bengal polls a day away, more than 12.9 lakh voter appeals remain pending before appellate tribunals. The backlog has left lakhs unsure of their voting status as queues grow in Joka and deadlines pass.

99.59% Restored, 12.86 Lakh Abandoned: The Cruel Arithmetic of the SIR Tribunal in Bengal

The constitutional promise of the vote has been hollowed out for 12,86,148 voters, who now stand reduced to 'cases', disallowed to vote.

Supreme Court orders out-of-turn hearings on SIR appeals as Bengal heads to next poll phase

Earlier, on April 24, the apex court had issued a broader direction asking appellate tribunals to grant out-of-turn hearings in cases where voters can demonstrate urgency regarding deletion from electoral rolls.