Kolkata, Dec. 23 -- : With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings set to begin on December 27 in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has intensified verification of documents submitted by voters, placing particular emphasis on Permanent Residential Certificates, or domicile certificates.
The move comes after complaints alleging that domicile certificates are being "distributed arbitrarily" and that many recipients may not be Indian citizens. During the SIR hearing phase, applicants must produce at least one of the 11 documents specified by the ECI for verification.
The domicile certificate figures prominently on this list. However, even before the hearings commence, the Commission has received multiple complaints cl...