Kolkata, March 2 -- After Indian women's cricketer Richa Ghosh was found listed as 'under adjudication' in the first phase of West Bengal's final electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a political controversy erupted, prompting the Election Commission of India to seek explanations from its field-level officers.
The controversy centres on the status of 60,06,675 voters whose names have been marked as 'pending adjudication' due to incomplete document verification and disposal.
Richa Ghosh, the World Cup-winning wicketkeeper-batter, figures among them, triggering sharp criticism from Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday.
"Then India's World Cup itself is under adjudication," Banerjee ...