Hyderabad, Jan. 6 -- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been issued a notice by the Election Commission (EC) for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearingfor a spelling error in the enumeration form, with Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee accusing the poll body of systematically targeting prominent citizens of West Bengal.

However, EC sources toldNDTVthat Sen would not be required to appear for a hearing as it is only related to a spelling error.

Sen casts his ballot in Shantiniketan, the home of Rabindranath Tagore, where he last voted in 2014 and maintains an active voter ID.

Banerjee, at a rally in Birbhum, Sen's home district, said the SIR exercise reflects a "BJP-ECI nexus" aimed at harassing Bengal's most accomplished re...