With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal to start from November 4, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that it will publish a separate list of voters whose duly-filled enumeration forms do not reach the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) within the stipulated time.

An official said that the draft voters’ list is scheduled for release on December 9.

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“Before the release of the list, the commission will disclose the names of individuals whose forms remain unsubmitted, categorising them as either deceased, bogus, or relocated voters,” the official said.

He said that the move aims to prevent any misunderstanding regarding the exclusion of genuine voters from the draft list.

The decision comes amid rising political tension in

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