SIR in West Bengal: How Exclusion of Nine Million Voters Could Shape State Politics

SIR in West Bengal: How exclusion of nine million voters could shape state politics

Nine million voters have been dropped from rolls in West Bengal, raising concerns over exclusion and fairness.

‘We are Chitragupta of the Bengal SIR’: Meet the SABAR team tracking deleted voters

From a small, unmarked room in Kolkata, a team of five researchers is parsing through a staggering maze of data to decode the controversial Bengal SIR exercise, which has left lakhs of voters disenfranchised.

Political turmoil in Indian border state as nine million lose voting rights

Muhammad Daud Ali, a former Indian army technician, recently discovered that he was no longer a voter in his home state of West Bengal. His name – and those of his three children – had been struck off the electoral rolls despite valid documents, including his passport and service records. Only his wife remained on the list. Ali, 65, and his children are among nine million voters – about 12% of West Bengal’s 76 million electorate – who have been …

TMC creating fuss over SIR fearing defeat in Bengal polls: Mithun Chakraborty

Kolkata, Apr 12 (PTI) BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Sunday said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal was conducted as per constitutional provisions, and accused the TMC of creating issues over the exercise “fearing defeat” in the assembly polls.Chakraborty, also a veteran actor, said the SIR was not violative of anyone's rights."SIR is not an issue in any other state. It has been undertaken by the Election Co…

In West Bengal, 65% Muslim Voters Excluded in 3rd Phase of SIR

In West Bengal, 9.1 million people have been removed from the electoral roll in the final list. The highest number of deletions has occurred in Murshidabad, where nearly 67pc of the population is Muslim. KOLKATA — Even before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll began—conducted in a manner resembling a physician prescribing without examining a patient—senior West Bengal BJP leaders such as Suvendu Adhikari had claimed that …

“Sir is a big scam that brought the BJP to power” - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES

Kolkata/Keshyari: Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that the EC’s SIR is a “big scam” aimed at “bringing the BJP to power in Bengal” and warned those who implement the SIR of a backlash.“Voters are being deleted indiscriminately. Remember, out of the 90 lakh voters deleted, 60 lakh are Hindus and 30 lakh are Muslims. One […] The post “Sir is a big scam that brought the BJP to power” appeared first on THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES.