SIR deadline in Bengal likely to be extended as SC seeks more checks
Kolkata, Jan. 22 -- The February 14 deadline for the special intensive revision (SIR) in the poll-bound West Bengal is likely to be extended after the Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to make the process transparent, accessible and voter-friendly, poll panel officials aware of the development said.
"The Supreme Court order goes to suggest that something of this sort (extending the February 7 and February 14 deadlines) needs to be done. The ECI is yet to take a call on this. The list of electors with logical discrepancies has to be published. So, it is obvious that there would be some extension of the deadlines," said a senior EC official in New Delhi.
SIR was rolled out in West Bengal on No...
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