Kolkata, March 19: The judicial process in West Bengal has been completed as of Wednesday night, revealing that over 34% of voters have been excluded from the electoral roll.
According to a source from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, around 6 million voter cases were sent for judicial review. Out of these, the process for 2.33 million cases has been completed so far.
The CEO’s office reported that the judicial decision process is now finalized. Out of the 2.33 million cases, 800,000 voters have been disqualified from voting. This indicates that more than 34% of the voters, whose cases have been reviewed, have been excluded by judicial authorities.
The final electoral roll for West Bengal, which does not include the 6 million cases sent for judicial review, was published on February 28. As per the Supreme Court’s directives, supplementary lists will be published in phases based on the progress of the judicial process.
The first supplementary list is expected to be released by the end of this week. Currently, a total of 732 judicial officers, including 100 from neighboring states Jharkhand and Odisha, are engaged in completing the judicial decision process.
In a related development, the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a notification appointing Murli Dhar, a 2005 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the West Bengal cadre and currently the Commissioner of Bidhannagar Police, as a police supervisor for Tamil Nadu. This appointment comes ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in Tamil Nadu this year.
The elections in West Bengal will take place in two phases on April 23 and April 29. Voting will occur for 152 assembly seats in the first phase and 142 seats in the second phase.
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