Kolkata, Dec. 12 -- The Election commission of India has instructed all Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in West Bengal to conduct a meticulous re-verification of voters identified through progeny mapping for inclusion in the upcoming draft voters' list.
The directive follows a striking discrepancy between the number of voters identified through progeny-mapping and those traced through self-mapping during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
According to primary data accessed by UNI, the number of existing voters detected through progeny-mapping has touched 3,84,85,166, a figure significantly higher than the 2,94,52,893 voters found through self-mapping.
This trend has raised concern within the ECI, especially sinc...