Kolkata: The members of the Central team of the Election Commission of India (ECI), who are on a two-day visit to West Bengal to review the preparedness of the special intensive revision (SIR) in the state, on Thursday, cleared the doubts raised by the booth-level officers (BLOs) regarding treatment of Aadhaar cards in the revision process amid the Supreme Court’s order directing the commission to include the Aadhaar card as the 12th valid document for establishing identity.

The clarification was given by the Central ECI team members, led by the Deputy Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Bharti, at a meeting with the district-level electoral officials from all levels from the three districts of East Midnapore, Bankura, and Jhargram at Kolaghat in East Midnapore district.

“To queries from the

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