The Crossbill News Desk
The Election Commission has launched the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with preparations and political activity gathering momentum across West Bengal.
Practice sessions are in full swing as the Commission’s field teams, known as girds, have begun their work. Political parties too are on the ground, while training for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and deployment of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) are underway.
According to sources, the CPI(M) has so far submitted the names of 6,175 people among the main political parties till October 30.
Meanwhile, the Left party has launched a new state-wide initiative in Bengal to safeguard voter rights. Following Rahul Gandhi’s voter rights march in Bihar, the CPI(M) has begun a similar campaign across West Bengal, setting up voter rights protection centres and putting up posters as part of its outreach.
The move, which coincides with the SIR process, has given both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP a political jolt, with questions being raised about their intentions regarding the revision exercise.
CPI(M) leaders said the main aim of the initiative is to ensure voters’ participation in the SIR process. The party has been holding camps at various locations to help people verify whether their names appear on the 2002 and 2025 electoral rolls and to advise them on the documents needed if their names are missing. The camps, which will run for a month, drew several visitors on the opening day.
CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty, who was present at one such camp in Kolkata, said, "There are always corrections in the voter list. But here, it is going a little too far and putting people in danger. That is why I have brought the voter list of 2002 and 2025 to help people. Whose name is missing, who has a name, what are the difficulties? All this is being seen. The camp has been set up with the aim of how to deal with the problem. We will run this camp for a month."
CPI(M) leader Samik Lahiri too, last week, questioned whether officials could reach over seven crore voters within a month and urged that the SIR should be used to add genuine voters while removing fake or deceased ones through due process.
“SIR should include genuine voters and delete fake and dead names — that should be done through the exercise,” he said.
Practice sessions are in full swing as the Commission’s field teams, known as girds, have begun their work. Political parties too are on the ground, while training for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and deployment of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) are underway.
According to sources, the CPI(M) has so far submitted the names of 6,175 people among the main political parties till October 30.
Meanwhile, the Left party has launched a new state-wide initiative in Bengal to safeguard voter rights. Following Rahul Gandhi’s voter rights march in Bihar, the CPI(M) has begun a similar campaign across West Bengal, setting up voter rights protection centres and putting up posters as part of its outreach.
The move, which coincides with the SIR process, has given both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP a political jolt, with questions being raised about their intentions regarding the revision exercise.
CPI(M) leaders said the main aim of the initiative is to ensure voters’ participation in the SIR process. The party has been holding camps at various locations to help people verify whether their names appear on the 2002 and 2025 electoral rolls and to advise them on the documents needed if their names are missing. The camps, which will run for a month, drew several visitors on the opening day.
CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty, who was present at one such camp in Kolkata, said, "There are always corrections in the voter list. But here, it is going a little too far and putting people in danger. That is why I have brought the voter list of 2002 and 2025 to help people. Whose name is missing, who has a name, what are the difficulties? All this is being seen. The camp has been set up with the aim of how to deal with the problem. We will run this camp for a month."
CPI(M) leader Samik Lahiri too, last week, questioned whether officials could reach over seven crore voters within a month and urged that the SIR should be used to add genuine voters while removing fake or deceased ones through due process.
“SIR should include genuine voters and delete fake and dead names — that should be done through the exercise,” he said.
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