Bengal

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday wrote to the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), alleging inconsistencies between the Chief Election Commissioner’s (CEC) recent statements and the written instructions issued to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, which it said has led to widespread confusion.

The ruling party in the state alleged that while CEC Gyanesh Kumar, during a Press conference on October 27, had said that blood relatives such as uncles could be mentioned in SIR forms, but the written instructions and software interface restrict the permissible ‘relative’ category to parents and grandparents only.

“The CEC had stated that while filling up the enumeration form, a person may insert

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