Bengal SIR: 942k more voters may be deleted
Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- An additional 942,970 voters are likely to be deleted from the final electoral roll in West Bengal even as the Election Commission is re-examining the documents of another three million voters as part of the Special Intensive Revision in the state, top officials of the poll panel said on Thursday.
EC officials familiar with the matter said that the number of voters who have been found to be ineligible to be included in the final roll after verification of documents, have shot up to 4,44,970. "While around 4,98,000 electors did not turn up for hearings, another 4,44,970 were found ineligible, taking the total number of likely deletions to around 9,42,970. This number is likely to rise further as scrutiny of documents will...
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