NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday dismissed as imaginary all conjectures about a disagreement between the ECI and the West Bengal government over the issue of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Briefing mediapersons on the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) schedule for conducting SIR in 12 States and Union Territories, CEC Gyanesh Kumar said, “There is no friction over the SIR in West Bengal.”

“All constitutional institutions conduct their business as per the Constitution. By preparing to conduct the SIR, the Election Commission is performing its constitutional duty and, in the same manner, every state government will also perform its duty,” he said.

His response followed a question about possible resistance to the SIR exercise by the West Be

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