Kolkata, Feb. 19 -- With barely three days remaining before the February 21 deadline, the scrutiny of voters' documents submitted during claims and objections hearings in West Bengal is facing fresh hurdles as around 20 lakh sets of documents are still awaiting re-verification by District Magistrates, who also function as District Electoral Officers (DEOs).
Officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, said a bulk of the pending cases fall under the category of "logical discrepancies."According to them, micro-observers flagged inconsistencies during the ongoing verification exercise, noting that several submissions did not tally with the 13 identity documents recognised by the Election Commission of India.
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