Bengal polls: 1,468 more names added to electoral rolls ahead of second phase of polling
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Appellate tribunals set up as part of the special intensive revision process in West Bengal on Tuesday allowed 1,468 names to be added back to the electoral rolls, a day ahead of the second phase of the state Assembly election, The Indian Express reported.
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Six names were removed from the voter lists, according to the newspaper. Out of these, five are Muslims, and one is a Hindu woman, said Kolkata-based research organisation Sabar Institute.
The 1,468 electors added back to the rolls can vote on Wednesday, the Hindustan Times quoted an unidentified Election Commission official as saying.
“The polling station-wise names of voters, whose names have been included or deleted, has been uploaded on the website,” the official was quoted as saying. “We would also give a copy of the updated list to the political parties, candidates, the returning officers and district election officers. The individual electors would be informed through the booth level officers.”
However, there was no clarity on how many cases could be heard by the tribunals before the polling begins for the second phase of West Bengal elections on Wednesday.
Earlier, the Election Commission had said that the 19 appellate tribunals had received 34 lakh applications. Of these, seven lakh were against names being included in the rolls and 27 lakh were filed by persons who were excluded.
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