Kolkata, Nov 15 (PTI) West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, calling it an essential step to “clean up the election process” and ensure free and fair polls in the state.

Bose said the process was designed to remove discrepancies and restore public confidence in the electoral system.

The governor said the Bihar elections demonstrated broad public acceptance of the SIR mechanism. Show Full Article

“If people are confused, we should convince them that SIR is a new process which is required to clean up the election process and to ensure that free and fair elections take place,” Bose told reporters here.

“Bihar has proved it. I am sure the people of Bengal will also accept it,” he added.

Arguing that the revision dr

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